WW1 soldier Eli Gillett in uniform
Eli Gillet in army uniform of the Norfolk Regiment, killed in N France August 1918. He was the husband of Elizabeth, father to Molly Gillett, later Molly Bishop, who recites on "Them Bells" film on KTT website landing page. Father also to Harvey & Bert Gillett. Photo discovered in large photo album of Barbara and Paul Wright, annotated by Marina Male. The only other photo of Eli is as a young boy, standing outside the Bishop's old Saddlery Shop. He was later apprenticed to a saddler in the New Forest, went to New York for a year, and returned to Kingsbury a year later. He lived in Robin Cottage, Kingsbury Episcopi.