| First Name: | Bartly | |
| Last Name: | Gill | |
| Rank: | Deck Hand | |
| Regiment: | Mercantile Marines | |
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| Place of Birth: | 3 Quay Street | |
| Place of Death: | Trawler Neptune (Galway Bay) | |
| Date of Death: | 17-Dec-17 | |
| Age: | 47 | |
| Additional Information: | Killed in Action: (Galway Bay) 17 December 1917. Age 47. Supplementary Notes: Drowned as a result of enemy action. Son of the late Patrick & Mary Gill; husband of Winifred Gill (nee Carrick) of 3 Quay Street, Galway. The sinking of the Neptune was recorded in Galway and the Great War, pp. 95, , 96. Remembered: Tower Hill Memorial – London -United Kingdom. Neptune, built in Galmpton in 1889 and owned at the time of her loss by Martin Ashe, Dublin, was an Irish fishing vessel (smack) of 50 tons. On December 17th, 1917, Neptune was sunk by a mine from the German submarine U-80 (Karl Scherb), 4.5 miles north of Black Head. The minefield was known as ‘barrage 93’ and was laid on May 10th, 1917. 4 persons were lost.
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Mercantile Marines
Trawler Neptune Mercantile Marines
Trawler Neptune in colour
Tower Hill Memorial-London-United Kingdom.()