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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM EDWARD GILLESPIE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. G. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 12th Bn. London Regiment (The Rangers)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Denis and the late Mary Gillespie, of 125, Hospital St., Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription SUCH A SLEEP THEY SLEEP THE MEN I LOVED R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1298
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