| Carte de Visite E. T. Church - Photographer 55 Donegall Place, Belfast, Ireland c. 1880 |
| Second Lieutenant - 31st Regiment of Foot - 5 October, 1878 Lieutenant - 31st Regiment of Foot - 20 March, 1880 Captain - 1st Batt. The East Surrey Regiment (ex 31st Foot) - 25 October, 1884 Exchanges to 1st Batt., The South Wales Borderers 29 January, 1887Adjutant - 4th Vol. Batt., The South Wales Borderers - 1 October, 1896 Major - 1st Batt., The South Wales Borderers - 7 September, 1898 Retired Pay - 11 December, 1905 Reserve of Officers - 15 June, 1906 Brigade Major (Volunteers ) - 1st April, 1908 Vacated Brigade Major Appointment - 1st April 1910 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel - 9th Batt., The South Wales Borderers - 11 November, 1914 Transferred to command of the 57th Training Reserve Battalion - 1st September, 1916 Transferred to Battalion Command - 1st September, 1917 Vacated Battalion Command (Granted the rank of Hon. Lt.-Col.) - 20 November, 1917 |
| It would appear that Gillman saw no active service with either the 31st Foot/East Surrey Regiment or the South Wales Borderers prior to World War One. According to his World War One Medal Index Card, Gillman served at a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 9th Battalion, The South Wales Borderers and in command of the 57th Training Reserve Battalion during the war. Edward Sylvester Gillman was married to Nora Frances Jameson in April, 1890. An interesting side note can be found in the 13 October, 1896 issue of The London Gazette. On the same day that Gillman was seconded for service as Adjutant to the 4th Batt., of The South Wales Borderers, a young Cadet from the Royal Military College was appointed Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion. His name was Teignmouth Philip Melvill - the son of Lieutenant Teignmouth Melivill VC of the 1st Battalion, 24th Foot who was killed while attempting to save the Queen's Colours in the aftermath of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. |