Cyril Herbert Gilham

Rank: 
Sergeant
Regimental number: 
57112
Unit at enlistment: 
20th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Wounded: 
Yes
Date of death: 
February 16th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - VIII.D.58
Commemorated at: 
Wesley United Church
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Kent
Birth city: 
Canterbury
Address at enlistment: 
Paris, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Paris, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Farmer
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
25

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Gunshot wound left Arm) at No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne.

BX February 19, 1916

Sergeant Gilham Wounded

In this morning’s casualty list appears the name of Sergt. Cyril Herbert Gilham of the 20th Battalion, reported dangerously wounded. Word was received by his sister-in-law, Miss Pottruff, 226 Chatham Street late yesterday afternoon that he had been wounded in the left arm. Gilham enlisted about 18 months ago at Dundas. He is a married man and has a wife and daughter living near Paris. He formerly worked in Brantford and at one time was on a farm in this district.

BX February 20, 1916

Sergeant C.H. Gilham Died of Wounds – Word Received Here Today that he Succumbed to Shell Shock

Sergeant Cyril Herbert Gilham of the 20th Battalion, who was reported in yesterday’s casualty list as being dangerously wounded by shell shock, has since died, according to word his sister-in-law, Miss Pottruff, 226 Chatham Street, has received. Sergeant Gilham enlisted at Dundas about 18 months ago and is survived by a wife and daughter now living near Paris. At one time Gilham had a farm near Brantford and also worked in the city.