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Corporal WILLIAM B. GILLESPIE

Service Number: 89002
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Irish

1st

Date of Death

Died 23 November 1941

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

5. B. 22.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel H. Gillespie and Helen M. Gillespie; husband of Gwendoline M. Gillespie, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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