G. Gill

G. Gill was a Sergeant in the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot when the Regiment was sent to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony (now the Eastern Province, South Africa) between 1860 and 1862 shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858). The regiment was based in Grahamstown and Keiskama Hoek. (Modern spelling: Keiskammahoek.)

He held the rank of Sergeant when he arrived in the Cape Colony.

Sergeant G. Gill acted in three productions during his stay in the Eastern Frontier.

G. Gill was a member of the Dramatic Club, and performed all three times with the Sergeants Dramatic Club.

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 270.)

Contribution to SA Theatre

May 27, 1861: Acted in the Sergeants Dramatic Club two-act drama production of Talfourd’s of Macbeth Travestie. (Rosse).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 7, June 13, 1861. Page 92.)

June 13 & 17, 1861: Acted in the Sergeants Dramatic Club's three-act romantic drama, adapted from Walter Scott’s poem, The Lady of the Lake. (Brian, a fiend-like hermit, attached to Roderick).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 8, September 30, 1861. Page 108.)

June 13 & 17, 1861: Acted in the Sergeants Dramatic Club's production of W. Blanchard Jerrold's one-act farce, Cool as a Cucumber. (Frederick Barkins).

(North Lincoln Sphinx, Vol 1, No 8, September 30, 1861. Page 108.)