Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Charles Henry Gillan, of Saanichton, and the late Nellie Elsina Gillan.
Digital gallery of Able Seaman Charles Randolph Gillan
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Charles Randolph Gillan
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Charles Randolph Gillan
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010, courtesy of Alumni Affairs.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Charles Randolph Gillan
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 Seaman C. R. Gillan R.C.N.V.R. 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
Able Seaman Charles Randolph Gillan
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Charles Randolph Gillan
Gillan's headstone in St. Stephen's Cemetery. Headstone reads:
V. R. 5664 A.B.
CHARLES R. GILLAN
H.M.C.S. "NIOBE"
16TH MARCH 1919
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS. Photograph courtesy of Caroline Duncan of the Saanich Archives.
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Charles Randolph Gillan
Gillan's headstone in St. Stephen's Cemetery. Photograph courtesy of Caroline Duncan, of the Saanich Archives.
Image gallery
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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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 Seaman C. R. Gillan R.C.N.V.R. 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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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Gillan's headstone in St. Stephen's Cemetery. Headstone reads: V. R. 5664 A.B. CHARLES R. GILLAN H.M.C.S. "NIOBE" 16TH MARCH 1919 SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS. Photograph courtesy of Caroline Duncan of the Saanich Archives.
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Gillan's headstone in St. Stephen's Cemetery. Photograph courtesy of Caroline Duncan, of the Saanich Archives.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 534 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SAANICHTON (ST. STEPHEN'S) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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