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Private Maurice Gillespie

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Private Maurice Gillespie Veteran

Birth
Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Death
13 Oct 1918 (aged 30)
Étaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Étaples, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
LXVII. J. 22.
Memorial ID
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Military Service

Service Number: 249282

Age: 29

Force: Army

Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division: "B" Coy. 58th Bn.


He enlisted in Toronto, Ontario on Apr 6, 1916. He stated that he'd had 2 years previous military service with the '10th Grens'.


Maurice suffered a gun shot wound to the head on Oct 3, 1918. He died from his wounds 10 days later at the Canadian General Hospital in Etaples, France, less than a month before the cessation of hostilities.


Only son of Kathleen and the late Thomas Gillespie, of Banbridge, Co. Down, Ireland.

Military Service

Service Number: 249282

Age: 29

Force: Army

Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division: "B" Coy. 58th Bn.


He enlisted in Toronto, Ontario on Apr 6, 1916. He stated that he'd had 2 years previous military service with the '10th Grens'.


Maurice suffered a gun shot wound to the head on Oct 3, 1918. He died from his wounds 10 days later at the Canadian General Hospital in Etaples, France, less than a month before the cessation of hostilities.


Only son of Kathleen and the late Thomas Gillespie, of Banbridge, Co. Down, Ireland.


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