Flight Lieut. Ronald A. W. Gilmour

1912 - 1956  (44 years)

• Name	Ronald A. W. Gilmour
  Prefix	Flight Lieut.
  Birth	1912
  Gender	Male
  _FGLINK	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203137407
  _FGRAVE	203137407
  Death	23 Aug 1956	Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  	1956, Thursday August 30, The Carleton Place Canadian front page Flt Lt R. Gilmour Died Suddenly Thursday In Winnipeg WINNIPEG, August 24 ? Flight Lieutenant Ronald A. Gilmour, 44, died Thursday in Deer Lodge Hospital. Born in Vancouver, he attended school at Almonte, Ont, and enlisted in the RCAF at Ottawa, in 1929 as an apprentice airman. In 1936 he received his wings as an NCO pilot and in 1939 he received his commission. During the Second World War he served at many air force stations in Canada and overseas. He was a Staff Officer Air Training at RCAF's 14 Training Group Headquarters in Winnipeg from February, 1952 until his death. F/L Gilmour is survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs H.D. Gilmour, Carleton Place; his wife Adelaide, and four children, Barten, 17, Wendy 15, Terrence, 13, and Christopher, 9 of 431 Moorgate, Winnipeg; two brothers, Victor, with the RCAF at St Sylvestre, Que, and Dawson of Peterborough; and four sisters, Mrs Gordon Erratt, Vancouver, Mrs Charles Godfrey, Carleton Place, and Mrs N. Mahara, and Mrs John Coulter, of Ottawa. A Military service was conducted at the Protestant Chapel at RCAF Station Winnipeg, at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The body arrived in Carleton Place on Monday and the funeral took place from the Alan R. Barker Funeral Home, McArthur avenue, to Memorial Park United Church. Service was conducted jointly by Rev H. Giffin and Flt Lt the Rev H.F. Currie. Interment was made in the Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte. The Carleton Place Legion conducted service at the graveside. Honourary pallbearers from the RCAF Station Uplands were Flt Lts W.C. Craile, O.M. Alier, A.W. Nelson, S.L. Poulin, W.B. Adair and J.W. Stants. Honour guard, under Lew Harthen, Legion President, consisted of Doug Lancaster, Ernie Halliday, G.W. Comba, Willys Armour, Frank Muff, Roy McKittrick, Jock Mailey, Ron Wing, Herb Cornell, all of Carleton Place and George Comba of Almonte. Active pallbearers were: Harry Johnston of Ottawa, Clifford Milford, Arnold Julian, Harold Dowdall, James Patterson and Ernie Foote.
  Burial	Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com
  Person ID	I34534	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Harry Dawson Gilmour,   b. 12 Jan 1885, Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 4 May 1957, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Rose Isabel Gammons,   b. 1881   d. 1980 (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	1909
  Family ID	F9049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelaide
  Family ID	F12202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2021

  
  

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  Death - 23 Aug 1956 - Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Burial - Address: 1923 Ramsay 8 Road Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada 613-256-3520 almonteunited.com - - Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth