Thomas
Gillies
Born in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
Son of Duncan Gillies
and Janet (McPherson) Gillies
Brother of
Margaret Mathieson Gillies
Husband of
Margaret (McArthur) Gillies
— married
30 Oct 1908 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
Father of
Duncan Gillies
Died
at age 31
in France
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Biography
Corporal Thomas Gillies served in the British Army in World War I
Service started: Unknown
Unit(s): 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Service ended: April 7, 1917 (KIA)
Service started: Unknown
Unit(s): 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Service ended: April 7, 1917 (KIA)
Thomas Gillies was killed in France during World War I.
Thomas was born in 1885. He was the son of Duncan Gillies and Janet McPherson. [1]
He married Margaret McArthur in 1908. [2]
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World War I
Thomas fought in World War I with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was killed in action in France in 1917. [3][4][5]
Children
- Esther Gillies b. 1909
- Duncan Gillies 1910-1973
Sources
- ↑ Statutory registers - Births, Ref: 507/ 184; ScotlandsPeople (Fee required for details)
- THOMAS GILLIES
- Parents: DUNCAN GILLIES/JANET McPHERSON
- Dec. 29, 1885, Campbeltown
- ↑ Statutory registers - Marriages Ref#507 48;
ScotlandsPeople (Fee required for details)
- THOMAS GILLIES, Plasterer (journeyman)
- Father: Duncan Gilles, Plasterer (journeyman)
- Mother: Janet McPherson
- MARGARET McARTHUR, Domestic Servant
- Father: Donald McArthur, Laborer
- Mother: Esther McCallum
- Date:Oct 30, 5 Glebe St., Campbeltown
- ↑ Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Accessed on ancestry.com, February 2020. Ancestry Record 1543 #41333 (requires subscription).
- Name: Thomas Gillies
- Birth Place: Campbeltown, Argyll
- Residence: Campbeltown, Argyll
- Death Date: 9 Apr 1917
- Death Place: France and Flanders
- Enlistment Place: Dunoon, Argyll
- Rank: A Corporal
- Regiment: Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
- Battalion: 1st 8th Battalion
- Regimental Number: 300594
- Type of Casualty: Killed in action
- Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
- ↑ Fold3
- Corp. Thomas Gillies
- Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- ↑ Commonwealth War Graves
- Corporal GILLIES, T
- Service Number 300594
- Died 09/04/1917
- 1st/8th Bn.
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- Find A Grave: Memorial #17073213: accessed 20 April 2021), memorial page for CPL Thomas Gillies (29 Dec 1885–9 Apr 1917), citing Roclincourt Valley Cemetery, Roclincourt, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ; Maintained by Pixturmn (contributor 47729036).
- Cenotaph at parents monument at Kilkerran; Find A Grave: Memorial #166709970: accessed 17 February 2020), memorial page for CPL Thomas Gillies (1886–9 Apr 1917), citing Kilkerran Cemetery, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland ; Maintained by Pixturmn (contributor 47729036)
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