George Arthur Gilroy

 

Jul 28, 1892

Born in Coe Hill Ontario to George Washington and Agnes Rebecca (nee McCauley) Gilroy

 

Dec 21, 1914

Married to Daisy Bernice Roy in Stirling, Ontario

 

Mar 8, 1916

Attested into the 155th Battalion in Stirling Ontario 

Ø      Number 636807

Ø      Next of kin given as Daisy Bernice Gilroy (wife) of Stirling Ontario

Ø      Previous occupation given as Laborer

Ø      No previous military experience given

Ø      Religion given as Presbyterian 

He had incorrectly given his birth year as 1893 on attestation

His brother John Gordon Gilroy had joined the same battalion a month earlier

 

Oct 18, 1916

Embarked the SS Northland at Halifax Nova Scotia

 

Oct 28, 1916

Disembarked at Liverpool England

 

Dec 8, 1916

TOS (Taken On Strength) the 154th Battalion in Bramshott

 

Jan 28, 1917

Transferred to the 156th Battalion in Witley

 

Feb 23, 1917

Admitted to hospital at Aldershot with a diagnosis that reads Parotiditis (a bacterial infection of the glands) and placed in isolation

 

Mar 19, 1917

Discharged from hospital to duty

 

Jul 23, 1917

Admitted to hospital at Bramshott with a diagnosis that reads VDG (Venereal Disease Gonorrhea)

 

Sep 17, 1917

Discharged from hospital to duty

 

Mar 8, 1918

Awarded the Good Conduct Badge

 

Mar 13, 1918

Transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion in Seaford

 

Apr 11, 1918

Transferred to the 21st Battalion 

Arrived at the No. 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) at Etaples, France and TOS 21st Battalion

 

Apr 14, 1918

Left the CIBD for the reinforcement Camp

 

Apr 16, 1918

Joined the CC Rein C (Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) in Calonne Ricouart as part of a draft of 9 reinforcements destined to join the 21st Battalion

 

Apr 21, 1918

Joined the 21st Battalion in the support trenches at Neuville Vitasse

 

Aug 8, 1918

During the battalion’s advance on Marcelcave, Private Gilroy was killed in action and buried in the Toronto Cemetery, Demuin, France

Following the war the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his widow, Mrs. HJ Birmingham, 16 Dalkeith Ave., Hamilton, Ontario.  (She had remarried) 

A Memorial Cross was also sent to his mother, Mrs. GW Gilroy, Coe Hill, Ontario

 

Private Gilroy is honoured on the War Memorial in Stirling, Ontario

 

  

Private Gilroy is also honoured on the War Memorial in Coe Hill, Ontario


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