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Framed scroll and medals Drummer John Gillespie

Framed scroll and medals Drummer John Gillespie

Date Added: 22 February 2009 Year: 1914 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: ◀ | 2004_256 | ▶ Picture No: 6842

Framed scroll commemorating Drummer John Alexander Gillespie, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed during WW1. His three medals are mounted beneath the scroll: 1914 Star, War Medal (tarnished) and Victory Medal. Framed by WC Bremner, Dornoch. Good condition but frame backing needs to be replaced.

[Detail acquired during Historylinks War Memorial project 2009:

Dmr John Gillespie, Number: 240143 (Formerly 714) Unit: 1/5th (Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. T.F Born: Dornoch 1886 Occupation: Printer Parents: John and Janet Bell Gillespie of Dornoch Died: 20.7.17 aged 31 Buried: Longueness Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer, IV. C. 79]

Dimensions: Height 512mm - Width 332mm

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