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Major WILLIAM GILLESPIE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

206th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1918

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. K. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Margaret Gaff Gillespie, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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