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Fusilier WILLIAM JAMES GILLESPIE

Service Number: 6975630
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1940

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

12. A. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Alice Gillespie; husband of Margaret Gillespie, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription SILENT STARS WATCH O'ER HONOURED DUST
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Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 1018
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