Military service
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Son of William H. and Elizabeth Gilmer, of Atwood, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Photograph published in The Toronto Star on November 29th, 1916.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Affairs.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of 2nd Lt. E. R. Gilmer R.I.F. is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Affairs.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard Gilmer
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photograph published in The Toronto Star on November 29th, 1916.
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1918. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Affairs.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of 2nd Lt. E. R. Gilmer R.I.F. is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Affairs.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Somme, France
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
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