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Pilot Officer William Gilmour

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Military service

Service number: J/10886
Age: 26
Rank: Pilot Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #19 Operational Training Unit
Birth: November 21, 1915 Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment: May 21, 1941 British Columbia
Death: August 21, 1942 Scotland

Burial/memorial information

KINLOSS ABBEY BURIAL GROUND
Grave reference: Grave 36. Row B.
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Son of George and Annie Gilmour, of Powell River, British Columbia. Husband of Ella Priscilla (nee Taylor) Gilmour and father of William. "Willy and Ella were married on April 6, 1942, and their honeymoon consisted of a train trip to Halifax to see him off to war. Willy was killed on August 21, 1942 while on an air force training flight in Scotland.' Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on 9/15/2007. Pilot Officer Gilmour is also commemorated on the North Vancouver Cenotaph.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 76 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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KINLOSS ABBEY BURIAL GROUND Moray, United Kingdom

Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground, is half a mile north-west of Kinloss railway station between Kinloss and Findhorn Bay. The burial ground contains the ruins of an abbey founded by David I in the year 1150. There was a Royal Air Force Training Station at Kinloss aerodrome during the 1939-1945 War. During the early part of the 1939-1945 War a special plot was set aside for service war burials, and all but three of the war graves are in this plot. A Cross of Sacrifice is erected at the far end of the plot overlooking the graves.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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