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Captain JAMES GILLESPIE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

V. G. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Christina Wallace Hird Gillespie, and the late James Ross Gillespie, of St. Andrews; husband of Katherine B. Gillespie, of 86, Victoria Terrace, Dunfermline. His brother, Lieut. Charles Gillespie, also died on service.
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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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