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'''Lieutenant Robert Quilter Gilson''' ([[October 25]], [[1893]]- [[1 July|July 1]], [[1916]]) was a childhood friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Gilson, Tolkien and [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]] attended [[King Edward's School]] in [[Birmingham]] together, and served in the [[World War I|First World War]]. He was killed by a shell on the first day of the [[Battle of the Somme]].
Lieutenant '''Robert Quilter Gilson''' ([[25 October]] [[1893]]- [[1 July]] [[1916]]) was a childhood friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Gilson, Tolkien and [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]] attended [[King Edward's School]] in [[Birmingham]] together, and served in the [[World War I|First World War]]. He was killed by a shell on the first day of the [[Battle of the Somme]].<ref>[[John Garth]], ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]''</ref>
 
==External links==
==References==
* [http://www.johngarth.co.uk/php/boy_didnt_believe_fairies.php Tolkien and the boy who didn’t believe in fairies]
* [http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_tolkien_rqg.htm Tolkien and World War I]
* [http://www.webmatters.net/txtpat/?id=108 Robert Gilson] at Webmatters.com
* ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'' by [[John Garth]]
*[http://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.wordpress.com/2014/07/09/wwi-gilson/ Robert Quilter Gilson]
 
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Revision as of 18:48, 25 September 2014

Lieutenant Robert Quilter Gilson (25 October 1893- 1 July 1916) was a childhood friend of J.R.R. Tolkien. Gilson, Tolkien and Geoffrey Bache Smith attended King Edward's School in Birmingham together, and served in the First World War. He was killed by a shell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.[1]

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