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'''Lieutenant Robert Quilter Gilson''' (October 25, [[1893]]-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''' ([[October 25]], [[1893]]- [[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]].


==References==
==References==
[http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_tolkien_rqg.htm Tolkien and WWI]
[http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_tolkien_rqg.htm Tolkien and WWI]


[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People|Gilson, Robert]]

Revision as of 14:05, 25 May 2008

Lieutenant Robert Quilter Gilson (October 25, 1893- 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 First World War. He was killed by a shell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

References

Tolkien and WWI