Harold Gill (1919 – 2003): Habits, Culture & Belief
Before Harold Gill was conscripted to fight in the Second World War, he explained that the majority of his time was spent …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): Home & Family
Harold Gill explains in his memoir that his home life and family were very important to him. The very beginning of his …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): Timeline
Through reading the autobiography written by Harold Gill, it is possible to determine an assumed timeline of his life based on the …
Harold Gill (1919 – 2003): Education & Schooling
Harold Gill attended a Catholic school from the age of four and he states that he spent the first days at school …
Harold Gill (1919 – 2003): An Introduction
Harold Gill’s memoir immediately caught our attention. He was a soldier in the Second World War who spent two years in a …
Harold Gill (1919 – 2003): Life Writing, Class & Identity
The auto-biography written by Harold Gill, suggests that Gills approach to life writing conforms more to the classification of ‘self-examination’ as identified …
Harold Gill (1919 – 2003): Politics, Protest & Class
Initially, it is important to provide you with some information about politics in Britain during 1939- 1945. During this time Winston Churchill …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): Life & Labour
The idea of life and labour in our eyes is the idea of working in order to earn a living. Although some …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): Reading & Writing
It was at the age of four that Harold Gill ‘vividly recall[s]’ (Page 2, Section 1) the first time he had ever …
Harold Gill (1919-2003): Purpose & Audience
Harold Gill wrote an autobiography about his childhood and his life in the army which explains the brutal reality of being a …