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Sapper JAMES GILLIES

Service Number: WR/205788
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

53rd Broad Gauge Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1919

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE

VIII. D. 6A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Christina Gillies (nee Watt), of 6, Links St., Aberdeen, and the late James Gillies.
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Buried or commemorated at

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1569
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