From: Jan Perkins [mailto:janperkins@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 11 October 2007 19:32 To: ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Samuel Gill b Keighley later of Bradford, Medal on E Bay # 330175154615 ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER 3RD CLASS SAMUEL GILL, HI All Just seen this on E Bay, must belong to someone – unfortunately not me. Jan M/12963 H.M S/M D6 - ROYAL NAVY - SUBMARINE D6IED ON THE 24 JUNE 1918 AGE 24 - OF ST MARGARETS ROAD (OR STREET ?) LEGRAMS LANE , BRADFORD. REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL SAMUEL GILL WAS BORN ON THE 3RD MARCH 1894 AT KEIGHLEY HMS D6 was a British D class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. D6 was laid down on 24 February 1910, launched 24 October 1911 and was commissioned on 19 April1912. D6 was the first of the D class to be armed with guns forward of the conning tower. D6 was sunk by UB-73 73 miles north of Inishtrahull Island off the west coast of Ireland on 28 June1918. There were 2 survivors.  MEDAL CORRECTLY NAMED TO M.12963 S.GILL ERA3 RN - MEDAL IN LOVELY UNCLEANED EF CONDITION COMES WITH SOME RESEARCH + SERVICE PAPERS - DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH WAS PURCHASED FROM ROYAL NAVAL SUBMARINE MUSEUM AND DATED 1917 WHEN S.GILL WAS SERVING - HE IS PROBABLY IN IT BUT I AM UNABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM - PLENTY MORE SCOPE FOR RESEARCH - RARE SUBMARINE V'S SUBMARINE CASULTY OF WORLD WAR ONE ________________________________________ -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 2381 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len