Private Ernest Shearer Gilmore
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Gilmore,
Ernest Shearer
Date of birth: 1887-11-12
Place of birth: Glen Elm Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Mary Elizabeth Gilmore, Wife, 77 Coursol, Montreal, Quebec
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Carpenter
Occupation (normalized): Carpenter, General
Address:
77 Coursol, Montreal, Quebec
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-02-18
Cause of death:
Killed in action
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 1081600
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Huntingdon, Quebec
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 591756
LAC ID:
413468
Service file: B3553-S057
Uploader's Notes: Private Ernest Gilmore was married to Mary Elizabeth Gilmore, living in Montreal and working as a carpenter when he enlisted in the Army at age 18. He was with the Canadian Railway Troops, which were responsible for building and maintaining the rail lines. This was an important task, not only to provide munitions and supplies to the front line troops, but also to evacuate the wounded to the hospitals near the coast. The weather in the latter part of February was warming up; the frost was starting to come out of the ground by mid February 1917. Private Gilmore was killed by an enemy shell that landed near the station near Froisey.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Railway Troops 1st Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-08-17