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Private JOHN GILLESPIE

Service Number: 11915
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

VII. H. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gillespie, of Glasgow; husband of Flora Gillespie, of 37, Gibb St., Garngad Rd., Townhead, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND SOME BROKEN HEARTS THAT NEVER CAN FORGET YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 11978
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