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Chester Gilmore

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772022
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Wounded: 
Yes
Date of death: 
October 1st, 1918
Cemetery: 
Sancourt British Cemetery - Nord, France - I.B.13
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Norfolk
Birth city: 
St. Williams, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
216 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Scotland, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Painter
Religious denominations: 
Baptist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
27
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Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported missing, now Killed in Action. Whilst acting as batman to an officer in the vicinity of Blecourt, he was hit in the stomach by enemy machine gun fire and killed instantly.

BX May 9, 1917

That Private Chester Gilmore, who went overseas with the first Brant County Battalion, is in the Edinburgh war hospital, suffering from severe shell shock, was the word received today by Mrs. Lee Zavitz of 216 Dalhousie Street, with whom he formerly boarded. The letter was written by a nurse in the hospital, which is situated in Bangour, West Lothian, Scotland. 

In the letter the nurse states that she had difficulty understanding the patient, as his speech is affected, and she asks Mrs. Zavitz to break the news to the patient’s mother, who resides in this vicinity. It is thought by Mrs. Zavitz that Mrs. Gilmore resides at Waterford and an effort will be made to locate her there.

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