David Gillespie ANDERSON Lt Col (Ret) Royal Artillery British Army July 10, 1931September 16, 2009 Peacefully at home in White Lake, Renfrew Co, Ontario on September 16, 2009 surrounded by family after a brief but courageous battle with cancer at the age of 78.
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Alexander David Gillespie, Nov 17, 1919-Feb 11, 2008. Passed away peacefully at his home in Calgary on Feb 11th at the age of 88 years. He was predeceased by his loving wife, Ethel Grace, in October of 2007. He is survived by his three sons: Brian (Judy); Stewart (Susan); and Stephen (Linda). He was a veteran of WWII, where he was a member of the Royal Air Force, flying on the bombers as a Flight Engineer, and surviving POW camps for two years.
Alexander McMillan Gillespie, unknown birth. Death Sept 18, 1970, age 92. Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta. Pte, 3 Can Infantry C E F.
Private Archibald Gillespie, unknown birth. Death March 31, 1926 Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plot D2-0401-0, 25. 251st Battn C. E. F.
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David Henry Gillespie Jan 14, 1852 – June 19, 1926 (aged 74) Regina, SK. Regina Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Plot 142-Row 2-1 Just North East of Soldiers Plot, Just east of 4th Ave, 2nd Row. Riel Rebellion Police Aid.
Donald Gillespie. April 14, 1920 – June 1, 2012. Don passed away peacefully with his second wife of 41 years by his side. He served in the R.C.N. during W.W. II on the North Atlantic. Full obit BC Deaths.
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Edward Rex (Ted) Gillespie 1922-2005. Ted passed away at his home in Invermere, BC on Aug 22, 2005. He was born in Calgary, Alberta and attended Mount Royal Public School and graduated from Western Canada High School before joining the navy RCNVR in 1941. During World War II, he was deployed on convoy duty in the north Atlantic aboard the HMCS Loch Moriach. He received an honourable discharge from the Navy in 1945.
Eldred Arnold Gillespie birth 1927. Death June 4, 2001 (aged73-74). Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plot MLTY-9871-0. His wife Gwendoline Beatrice Greaves Gillespie.
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Gwendoline Beatrice Greaves Gillespie, Jan 15, 1929 – Jan 18, 2018 (aged 89). MB. Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plot MLTY -9871-0 Spouse Eldred Arnold Gillespie
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Hector William Gillespie, b July 10, 1922 d Jan 14, 2005, age 82 Burial Taber Memorial Gardens, Taber, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta. Beloved husband of Teresa Gillespie of Taber, Alberta and his nine sons and daughters, and a brother Alex of Calgary. Hector was born in Scotland and raised in Perth. He served in World War II from 1940 to 1946.
H.W. (Don) Gillespie of Burlingame, CA passed away on November 3, 1997. Born in Calgary on January 30, 1910 to Anna and Robert Gillespie, educated in Calgary, he served in the R.C.A.F. from 1940 to 1946.
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Sgt Isaac J Gillespie, b unknown d May 2, 1965 Forest Home Cemetery, Ponoka, Alberta
Private Ivan E Gillespie unknown birth. Death May 16, 1987 Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plot MLTY – 8786-0 R. C. A S C
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Corporal Ivan C Gillespie birth 1907. Death May 14, 1976 (aged 68-69). Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac Co, Ontario, Inscription Royal Montreal Regt. Plot Section G Military
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Lieutenant Colonel James L Gillespie, a British Army officer, serviced during World War II. He was born on July 10, 1931 and passed away on Sept 16, 2009 surrounded by family after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. He was a member of the Royal Artillery and is remembered for his contributions to the war. Ceremony and visitation at Boyce Funeral Home Ltd Chapel in Arnprior, Renfrew Co, Ontario.
Private John Gillespie, birth 1891. Death Dec 2, 1956 (aged 64-65) Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plot MLTY -4296-0
John Allan Gillespie, (Pvt) b Nov 4, 1890 d Feb 12, 1917 Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta Section T, Block 1, Lot 12, Military stone.
Private Joseph Wexford Isla Gillespie Birth May 8, 1867 Laxton, Digby & Longford, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario. Died April 6, 1949 (aged 81) Winnipeg. Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plot MLTY-3102-0 78th Battalion C. E. F Spouse Alice Howsam Gillespie (1880-1951 m 1902)
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Kenneth Gillespie, b Aug 20, 1925. d March 9, 2013 Innisfail Cemetery, Innisfail, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta. Quietly passed away at his home in Calgary, age 87. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, child of Cecil and Marie Gillespie, the eldest of eight children. Ken joined the Canadian military in 1950, where he would serve at home and abroad with the United Nations force to the Gaza Strip during the Suez Middle East Crisis.
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Lloyd Elmer Gillespie, passed away May 10, 2003 in the Wetaskiwin Crossroads Long Term Care, age 86 years. He was born June 17, 1916 in Melford, Saskatchewan. He enlisted 1940 with the Royal Canadian Air Force, until his honourable discharge in 1945. He was awarded Citizen of the Year in 1994 by the Wetaskiwin Chamber of Commerce.. He moved to Peace Hills Lodge, then to Crossroads, Alberta until his passing.
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Mary Gillespie 1902 – 1993 (aged 90-91) Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta. Spouse Corporal Peter Gillespie. Children Margaret Rose Gillespie (1933-2023)
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Percy Basil Gillespie, Retired B.C.P.O. at C.F.B Kingston. Veteran WW II. Died at Kingston General Hospital on Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 in his 87th year.
Peter Gillespie unknown birth, Death Dec 2, 1969 Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta. Plot: 211, 08B R C A F. Spouse Mary Gillespie (1902 – 1993). Children: Margaret Rose Gillespie
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Robert James Gillespie Oct 5, 1882 – Jan 30, 1957 (aged 74) Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Plot 225, 3.
Russell Leslie Gillespie, birth 1924. Death Aug 9, 1978 (aged 53-54). Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plot MLTY -7950-0/ R.C.A. S. C Son of Archibald Argyle Gillespie (1869-1952) & Josephine Stratton Bradshaw Gillespie (1881-1952). Spouse Daisy Sophia Legg Gillespie (1906 – 1998 m 1947) Children: Betty Elaine Gillespie (1948-2001). Siblings: Ruby, Harold, Hilton, Audrey, Ida Gillespie.
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Lieutenant Colonel Walter Edmund Gillespie (1901-1980). His wife Alison Cameron MacDonell Gillespie (1898 SK-1955 Kingston, aged 56 m 1929, a Catholic). FAG notes
William Edward Gillespie, Warrant Officer. birth April 26, 1902 Ottawa, Ontario. Death May 5, 1945 (aged 44) Kingston, Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac Co, Ontario. Plot Section G Military. WW1. RCHA (Royal Cdn Horse Artillery) Parents James E Gillespie 1871 – 1942) & Ellen Elizabeth Cummings Gillespie (unknown – 1935), Sibllings: Eric Charles (1903 – 1944); Phyllis Graham Gillespie (1904 – 1923), Berkeley Cummings Gillespie (Note this is my family history as James was brother of my father, Samuel Gillespie, sons of John Gillespie & Elizabeth Mulligan of Billings Bridge, Carleton County.) William’s spouse Margaret Agnes Daly Gillespie (1884 – 1963) Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario
William Wallace “Bud” Gillespie, born 1922. Radio Officer RAF FC . Died Jan 1, 2001, aged 78. Suddenly peacefully in hospital on Monday afternoon, Bud, of Renfrew, formerly of Braeside, Ontario at the age of 78 years. Predeceased by his mother, Mary Ellen Gillespie in 1984. His father William Lester Gillespie (1894-1959). Beloved husband of Marilyn (Nee Swan), and of the late Eileen (nee Hodgson).
Alberta: 9
- Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton: 4
- Forest Home Cemetery: 1
- Innisfail Cemetery: 1
- Taber Memorial Gardens: 1
- Union Cemetery: 1
- Unknown Cemetery: 1
British Columbia: 2
- unknown cemetery: 2
Manitoba: 7
- Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg: 7
Ontario: 6
- Renfrew Co: 3
- Frontenac: 3
Saskatchewan: 1
- Regina Cemetery: 1
Total Records: 25
Source: Find A Grave. online obituaries; personal visits to cemeteries. An ongoing collection not yet completed.
