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Charles Oliver Gilbert

In memory of:

Cadet Charles Oliver Gilbert

October 8, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

172217

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Charles and Sarah Gilbert, of Elmvale, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 587 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ELMVALE PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Cadet Gilbert's grave, located in the Elmvale Presbyterian Cemetery, Queen Street East, Elmvale, Ontario, is marked by a standard Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone. Near the bottom, a personal inscription reads "AT REST". Cadet Gilbert died of influenza. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Cadet Gilbert's grave, located in the Elmvale Presbyterian Cemetery, Queen Street East, Elmvale, Ontario, is marked by a standard Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone. Near the bottom, a personal inscription reads "AT REST". Cadet Gilbert died of influenza. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)
  • Family Memorial– Cadet Gilbert is also commemorated on his family's memorial, which stands only a few feet from his grave in the Elmvale Presbyterian Cemetery, Queen Street East, Elmvale, Ontario. Also commemorated on this memorial are his parents and three of his five siblings. (One brother, Albert Gordon Gilbert, 1889-1980,is named on the reverse side of this memorial.) (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)

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    Family Memorial
    Family Memorial – Cadet Gilbert is also commemorated on his family's memorial, which stands only a few feet from his grave in the Elmvale Presbyterian Cemetery, Queen Street East, Elmvale, Ontario. Also commemorated on this memorial are his parents and three of his five siblings. (One brother, Albert Gordon Gilbert, 1889-1980,is named on the reverse side of this memorial.) (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)

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