Search Great War Images from the U of S

U of S Great War Database

previous | next | back to list of names | intro page

Gilmour, William B A

23

Identification

Regimental number: 204030
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 203rd Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Birth: 3 Mar 1880, Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland
College Building memorial: Second floor, centre east
Slide number(s): HR-2206, HR-2207, HR-2208

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1912 Arts - Presb 1916 grad B.A. 1916

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 7 Dec 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 34 years, 9 months
Height (inches): 67.50
Chest expansion (inches): 38.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.50

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
203rd Bn            LL, RoH
96th Highlander Overseas Bn           

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Lieutenant  
Captain, honorary   RoS

Family

Spouse: Gilmour, Mary Elizabeth
Home address: 704 5th Ave., N., Saskatoon, SK, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Perdue  student 1913 1915 U of S Calendar
Saskatoon  student 1914 1916 U of S Calendar
Borden  student 1912 1913 U of S Calendar
New Zealand   1928   1928 list
1928 list = "List of Students who enlisted during the Great War," U of S Archives. The list was completed after F. Underhill went to the University of Toronto in 1927; probably in conjunction with the Memorial Gates. Some of the addresses may be from an earlier date.

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 3557-24
College Building list #: 162
Roll of Honour list #: 76
Roll of Service (1928) #: 160
Long List #: 162

Links to more information