Private Gordon Wyman Gilson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Gilson,
Gordon Wyman
Date of birth: 1895-05-12
Place of birth: Waterville Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Samuel Gilson (Father)
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): School Teacher
Occupation (normalized): Teacher, Level and Subject Unknown
Religion: Congregationalist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 177290
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vicinity of VIMY RIDGE
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1568389
LAC ID:
413657
Service file: B3559-S035
Uploader's Notes: Son of Samuel L. and Elizabeth Gilson, of Waterville, Quebec.
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 Machine Gun Corps 12th Machine Gun Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-09