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Postcard to Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour from Agence Internationale des Prisonniers de Guerre, September 6, 1918. Requests that he enclose postcard and confirm receipt of a telegram.
Certificate of Military Qualification issued by the Canadian Department of Militia and Defence to Lionel Cherry Gilmour, July 9, 1915. Certifies that Gilmour has passed the prescribed examination and is qualified for the rank of lieutenant in the Infantry.
Postcard to Mrs. M. Gilmour from Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour, August 16, 1918. Notifies her that he is a prisoner of war in Karlsruhe, Germany and is safe. Requests that parcels be sent.
Account notes for Lionel Cherry Gilmour, written while he was a prisoner of war in Germany, circa 1918. One handwritten page.
Postcard to Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour from Agence Internationale des Prisonniers de Guerre, November 14, 1918. Notifies Gilmour that his message has been wired to the address provided.
Certificate of Service issued by the Canadian Expeditionary Force to Lionel Cherry Gilmour, October 22, 1919.
Photographic postcard to Lionel Cherry Gilmour ("Gilly") from George W. Pomeroy, July 1917. Sends an update on life at the Canadian Training School (CTS) in Bexhill-on-Sea, England. Postcard image features servicemen exercising.Inscription: "C.T.S, 6:30, 14-7-17. Arthur Nash, Marina Studio, Bexhill-on-Sea. "
Photographic postcard of Royal Air Force servicemen in flight gear at Wantage Hall, Reading, England, circa 1917. Lionel Cherry Gilmour is in the back row.Inscription on verso: "In training - England - 1917. Wantage Hall. Reading, England. First day of issue of flying equipment. As yet had only seen a plane and that was in the sky. L. C. Gilmour middle man in back row.”
Photograph of Lieutenant Calthorpe pretending to hold Lionel Cherry Gilmour at gunpoint, circa 1917-1918. Inscription on verso: "'Kamerad.' Lt. Calthorpe, machine gun officer, and myself (L. C. Gilmour). Note: Oct 1967. This officer was an Englishman."
[Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918]
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Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918. Describes the circumstances of his shoot-down over France on July 31, 1918 and documents his first few weeks as a POW in various German camps, including the camp at Karlsruhe, Germany. 37 handwritten pages.