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Major EDWARD NORMAN GILLIAT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

IIIA. AA. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Emily Gilliat, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middx., England.
  • Personal Inscription SO HE PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED ON THE OTHER SIDE
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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