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Rifleman GEORGE GILLESPIE

Service Number: R/3245
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEBUTERNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. B. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Catherine Gillespie, of 44, Earle St., Barrow-in-Furness.
  • Personal Inscription THE WICKED CEASE FROM TROUBLING AND THE WEARY ARE AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

HEBUTERNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 58
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