1911 June Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Gillman, Reginald A
District: Gloucester [Vol & Page: 6a & 284]
33 ANS's Avro Anson I (W1672) aircraft, with an aircrew of five, was on a cross country navigation training flight when it struck Caledon Mountain and crashed, taking the lives of three members of the crew and injuring the two other airmen.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Dennis DONAHUE,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Denis Albert DRAYTON and
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Reginald Allan GILLMAN.
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service No: 1205995
Age: 30
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 33 Air Navigation School; RCAF Mount Hope, Ontario
This airman was one of the Royal Air Force personnel who were killed while training at No. 33 Air Navigation School near Hamilton, Ontario.
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Son of John Allan and Agnes Emma Gillman of Gloucester, England.
1911 June Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Gillman, Reginald A
District: Gloucester [Vol & Page: 6a & 284]
33 ANS's Avro Anson I (W1672) aircraft, with an aircrew of five, was on a cross country navigation training flight when it struck Caledon Mountain and crashed, taking the lives of three members of the crew and injuring the two other airmen.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Dennis DONAHUE,
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Denis Albert DRAYTON and
RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Reginald Allan GILLMAN.
Military Service:-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Service No: 1205995
Age: 30
Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division: 33 Air Navigation School; RCAF Mount Hope, Ontario
This airman was one of the Royal Air Force personnel who were killed while training at No. 33 Air Navigation School near Hamilton, Ontario.
He is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Son of John Allan and Agnes Emma Gillman of Gloucester, England.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
"HIS WAYS WERE WAYS OF
GENTLENESS, AND ALL
HIS PATHS WERE PEACE."
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