GILLESPIE, Charles William
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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
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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