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Son of Francis and Florence Gilmore of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Francis Ormond Gilmore who was killed in action on August 3, 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
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Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Panels - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 24 reads: S/L Edward Gerald Joseph GILMORE, DFC, RCAF, 408 Sqn RAF. St Michael’s College, 1930-31. Graduate Optometry, 1933. Killed in an air operation over Kiel, Germany, 5 April 1943. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper’s Hill, Egham, Surrey, England.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
St. Michael’s College Memorial – The memorial slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorates the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
St. Michael’s College Memorial Intro – Inscriptions in the stone walls of the slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorate the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Detail of St. Michael’s College Memorial – Showing some of the Second World War names including that of Edward J. Gilmore.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of "S/L E.G.J. GILMORE D.F.C. R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star March 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Panels - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 24 reads: S/L Edward Gerald Joseph GILMORE, DFC, RCAF, 408 Sqn RAF. St Michael’s College, 1930-31. Graduate Optometry, 1933. Killed in an air operation over Kiel, Germany, 5 April 1943. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper’s Hill, Egham, Surrey, England.
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St. Michael’s College Memorial – The memorial slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorates the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict.
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St. Michael’s College Memorial Intro – Inscriptions in the stone walls of the slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorate the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict.
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Detail of St. Michael’s College Memorial – Showing some of the Second World War names including that of Edward J. Gilmore.
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The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.
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The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of "S/L E.G.J. GILMORE D.F.C. R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Squadron Leader Edward Gerard Gilmore is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star March 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 163 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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