We remember Thomas Cunningham Gillespie

We remember Thomas Cunningham Gillespie

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Timeline

Timeline

1887
sibling Gwendoline Isabel Gillespie Source:8580660 24th August 1887
1889
sibling Alexander Douglas Gillespie Source:8569059 13th June 1889
1891
sibling Margaret Grace Gillespie Source:8580660 April 1891
1892
birth Clanna Cottage, Alvington, Gloucestershire United Kingdom Source:8568990 14th December 1892
1901
education Cargilfield School Cramond Bridge United Kingdom Source:8568990 1901 - July 1905
1905
education Winchester College Winchester United Kingdom Source:8568990 September 1905 - July 1911
1908
location Kingsgate House, Winchester College United Kingdom school/college address Source:8581845 September 1908 - July 1911
1911
education New College, Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Source:8568990 September 1911 - July 1914
1911
location New College, Oxford University United Kingdom school/college address Source:8569068 September 1911 - July 1914
1914
commission Regular Source:8569059 4th August 1914
1914
service British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion Source:8569059 4th August 1914 - 1st September 1914
1914
service British Army Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion Source:8569068 1st September 1914 - 18th October 1914
1914
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8569059 1st September 1914 - 18th October 1914
1914
death Source:7444188 18th October 1914
burial Le Touret Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Source:7444188

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Thomas Cunningham
Initials TC
Last Name Gillespie
Source 7444188
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Kingsgate House, Winchester College United Kingdom school/college address September 1908 - July 1911
New College, Oxford University United Kingdom school/college address September 1911 - July 1914
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion Lieutenant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Elizabeth Hall Chalmers mother
Thomas Paterson Gillespie father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Alexander Douglas Gillespie brother 13th June 1889
Gwendoline Isabel Gillespie sister 24th August 1887
Margaret Grace Gillespie sister April 1891

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Mara60295
British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription Mara60295
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Mara60295
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Mara60295

External Evidence

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London Gazette - Commission Mara60295
London Gazette - Promoted Lieutenant Mara60295
Winchester at War Mara60295
Archive.org - Letters from Flanders Mara60295
The Bond of Sacrifice: Thomas Cunningham Gillespie Hannah21187

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Le Touret Memorial Mara60295
Second Lieutenant Thomas Cunningham Gillespie James201

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