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Leading Airman JOHN ANTHONY GILLESPIE

Service Number: FX91547
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Vulture.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHIRLEY (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD

Sec. N. Grave 131.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Gordon Gillespie and Evelyn Gillespie, of Streatham Common, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

SHIRLEY (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 19
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