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Private ALEXANDER GILLESPIE

Service Number: S/17234
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY

XI. C. 3.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Sarah Cavanah Gillespie, of 19, Dykehead Rows, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF AULD SCOTLAND'S SONS GREATLY MISSED AT HAME
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Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY
Brandenburg Germany
Number of casualties: 1176
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