Allan McG Gillespie
Rank: Private
Service No: 26362
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 02/12/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (16th Bn.)
Cemetery: Passchendaele New British Cemetery
Additional information: Son of George and Janet Gillespie. Born at Glasgow.
Rutherglen Lore information: Farie Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Sisters Agnes and Louise and brother David Gillespie.
1901 census information:
Address: 143 Elderslie Street, Glasgow.
Father: George (60) bookkeeper, born about 1841 in Denny.
Mother: Janet (51) born about 1850 in Muirkirk.
Brother: Charles (18) cabinetmaker, born about 1883 in Glasgow.
Self: Allan McG (15) clerk, born about 1886 in Glasgow.
Sister: Louisa (13) born about 1888 in Glasgow.
Brother: David (11) born about 1890 in Glasgow.
Sister: Agnes (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow.