Profile image
Military service
Service number:
J/89725
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Death:
February 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 6. D. 12-17.
Additional information
Son of Edward Robert and Kate Gillanders, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
-
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders is remembered on the Gillanders family memorial located at St. John's (Norway) cemetery, Toronto, Ontario. -
Inscription
-
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT EDWARD GILLANDERS
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT EDWARD GILLANDERS
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert Edward Gillanders
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 316 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.