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Major JOHN GILLIAT

Service Number: 63033
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

Date of Death

Died 18 June 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD CEMETERY

St. Chad's Avenue, Grave 209123.

United Kingdom

Brookwood Cemetery - grave of Major John Gillat, Irish Guards, who was killed in the bombing of the Guard's Chapel on the 18th June 1944 when a V1 flying rocket hit the chapel during morning service.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Francis Grey Gilliat and Lilian Florence Maud Gilliat, of Sunningdale, Berkshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 201
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