Private James Alec Gilmore
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Gilmore,
James Alec
Date of birth: 1888-10-20
Place of birth: Grand Manan New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: Lydia Gilmore (mother,) North Head, Grand Manan, New Brunswick
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Fisherman
Occupation (normalized): Deep-Sea Fisherman
Address:
North Head, Grand Manan, New Brunswick
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 742473
Highest Rank:
Private
(24th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 24th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-01-17 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge. Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1568381
LAC ID:
416348
Service file: B3555-S009
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Alexander and Lydia Jane Gilmore, of North Head, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick.
Note that CVWM gives his service number as 247374 which is an inversion of the first three digits and then the next three digits. Attestation and Circumstances of Casualty both give his service number as 742473.
This record was first created showing his name as James Alexander Gilmore which corresponds to CVWM, but not to his Attestation Paper or his Circumstances of Casualty record.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 115th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 24th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-19