Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Gillespie, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 December 1917

1914-15 Star (3708 Pte. A. Gillespie. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (276199 Pte. A. Gillespie. Manch. R.) edge bruising, very fine (3) £60-£80

Albert Gillespie, a native of Gorton, Manchester, attested there for the Manchester Regiment and served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 December 1917, and is buried in Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France.