1919-02-Improvement Era—Private Gilbert Yardley
From New York City LDS History
Private Gilbert Yardley
- Improvement Era, February 1919, p. 339
Private Gilbert Yardley, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Yardley, Beaver, Utah, died of pneumonia, somewhere in France, according to word received by his parents, December 16, 1918. He was born in Beaver, about 30 years ago, returning in 1912 from a two years' mission in the Eastern States, was drafted in November, 1917, went to American Lake, thence to Long Island, New York, and over seas December 11, 1917, landing in England, Christmas day. His service threw him into the front of the battle in the thickest of the fighting, his work being to rescue the wounded. Surviving him are father, mother, four brothers and two sisters.
