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La Chapelle d'Armentieres Communal Cemetery, France La Chapelle d'Armentieres Communal Cemetery, France
First Name: Charles Last Name: GILLESPIE
Date of Death: 16/02/1915 Lived/Born In: Shoreditch
Rank: Corporal Unit: Royal Fusiliers1
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Age-32

2A, Murray Street, Shoreditch

La Chapelle d'Armentieres Communal Cemetery, France

 

On 13th February, 1915, the 1st Royal Fusiliers battalion of 17 Brigade, 6th Division, moved into the trenches near Chapelle d’Armentières. The battalion diary recorded that Charles Gillespie was killed on 16th February but does not give any further details. Artillery or sniper fire would be the likely suspects.

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