Gravestone for Hugh Gilchrist

HUGH GILCHRIST – age 30 – Private (868026) 116th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Hugh was a former pupil of Rhonehouse School, near Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland and he had served his apprenticeship as cabinetmaker in Castle Douglas before he emigrated to Canada. He was working as a carpenter when he enlisted at Whitby, Ontario in February 1916. He sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia in May 1917 and was posted to the 116th Battalion in France in February 1918. He was wounded in August at Amiens and after treatment in hospital in Boulogne he was evacuated to hospital in Birmingham before being transferred to Canadian Hospitals in Buxton and then Liverpool in November 1918. From there he was invalided home to Central Military Convalescent Hospital in Toronto and discharged from army on 17 March 1919. Just over a year later he died in the Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto. He was born in 1890 at Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire. Son of William and Sarah (McMorrin) Gilchrist of Netherhall, Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas. Husband of Ellen (Brown/Morrison) Gilchrist of Brock Avenue, Whitby, Ontario and of 701 George Street, Peterboro, Ontario. Hugh died on 26 July 1920.

OOPS! I posted a message about Hugh Gilchrist and got his wife's maiden name wrong. It should be Gulliver. They married in Ontario (Whitby?) Sorry Ken

Hello Kenneth, Thank you for the information. I am the first born great granddaughter of Hugh and my grandfather, Donald and my father Brian were always in attendance at Remembrance Day ceremonies in Whitby. Both have now passed and I'm proud someone can provide insight into my great grandfather's life and death. How did you find his story?