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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
May 1, 1889
Atwood, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 7, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 12, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William H. and Elizabeth Gilmer, of Atwood, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 2
Photograph published in The Toronto Star on November 29th, 1916. -
Newspaper Clipping 3
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Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Ernest Gilmer
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of Ernest Gilmer
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Affairs. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of 2nd Lt. E. R. Gilmer R.I.F. is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Affairs. -
War Memorial
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ERNEST RICHARD GILMER
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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