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Private SAMUEL GILLESPIE

Service Number: 7495
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 December 1918

Age 51 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAUDRY BRITISH CEMETERY

II. G. 9.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (631012) 995th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Menzies Gillespie, of Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, husband of Sarah Gillespie, of 36, Church St., Ayr. A Coachman. Also served 3 years in Egypt.
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Buried or commemorated at

CAUDRY BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 713
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