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Private WILLIAM LEAMAN GILLESPIE

Service Number: 466069
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

II. B. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William L. and Margaret Marion Gillespie, of Thornbury; husband of Estella M. Gillespie, of Thornbury, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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