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==References== | ==References== | ||
[http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_tolkien_rqg.htm Tolkien and | * [http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_tolkien_rqg.htm Tolkien and World War I] | ||
* ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'' by [[John Garth]] | |||
[[Category:People|Gilson, Robert]] | [[Category:People|Gilson, Robert]] | ||
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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 First World War. He was killed by a shell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
