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Private W GILLESPIE

Service Number: 42274
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps

48th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

V. C. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. David Gillespie, of 5, Whins Rd., Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
  • Personal Inscription FROM MEMORY'S PAGE TIME CANNOT BLOT THREE LITTLE WORDS FORGET-ME-NOT
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1820
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