Gilbert Wilson Fraser was born in Bootle, Lancashire on 23 September 1873 and was articled to Edmund Kirby (1838-1920) from 1889 to 1894. He then worked in the Assistant City Surveyor's Office in Liverpool from 1895, and was assistant to William Edward Willink (1856-1924) and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse (1860-1920) of Willink & Thicknesse.
Fraser qualified as an architect in 1896 and commenced independent practice as an architect in Liverpool in 1902, He was School Architect for Bootle Corporation and later Advising Architect, Education Committee, Bootie Corporation
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1897 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1914. He was also a member of the Liverpool Architectural Society and its President in 1914.
His address was given as Municipal Offices, Liverpool in 1897; 65 Lord Street, Liverpool in 1907; 48 Balliol Road, Bootle in 1911; 4 Parr's Bank Building, 20 Castle Street, Liverpool in 1914; Wellington Buildings, The Strand, Liverpool in 1926 and 1939; and Larkhill Cottage Larkhill Lane, Formby, Lancashire in 1939. He died in Lancashire, England on 24 January 1954.
Many church and church hall works in and around Liverpool; Dunchurch Lodge, Rugby; numerous houses in and around Liverpool; Holmwood School, Freshfield; and other schools for Bootie Corporation; maternity hospital, Liverpool. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 186, 29 January 1954 p. 222
‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal vol. 61, March 1954 p. 207
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectual Press, 1926