Gillespie, James Knox

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Date of birth:: 1896
Date of death:: 1968
Service number:: 9955
Nationality:: British (1801-present, Kingdom)

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Colonel
Awarded on:: December 30th, 1941

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Colonel
Awarded on:: April 16th, 1942

War Diary mentions

31 July 1944 WO 171/2380 - 96 Company
Brig. J.K. Gillespie D.D.S.T. Second Army visited the unit and toured the location. He had little comment to make on what he saw and heard.

Sources

- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35526/page/1691/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7349

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