GILLESPIE, Charles William

Title: 
Doctor
Rank: 
Captain
Unit / Base: 
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
252038
Born: 
Friday, March 29, 1918
Died : 
Thursday, November 17, 1955
Charles William Gillespie 9 Commando

Captain Charles Gillespie M.B., R.A.M.C. was Medical Officer in No.9 Commando 1944/5.

1941 graduated from Queen's University Belfast.
7 November 1942 commissioned Lieutenant, RAMC.
May 1943 served in Tunisia and Italy with 106 HAA Regt., R.A.
November 1943 promoted Captain.
April/May 1944 attached to No.9 Commando serving in Italy and Greece.
March 1945 completed parachute training.

Sources
Service Record.
London Gazette 35844, page 82.
[Image and Information] His daughter Helen.
 

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