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Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Machine Gun Corps |
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Detail :
90848, Private David Burns Gillies, 74th Company, Machine Gun Corps, attd. 10th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action. Formerly 9524, Liverpool Regt.
Family notices were listed in the newspapers:-
GILLIES-August 6, killed in action, aged 32 years, David Burns Gillies, M.G.C., dearly-beloved husband of Jeannie Gillies, of 9 Mossfield-road, Orrell Park (Lodge of Prudence, No. 2114). ("Thy will be done.")-From his sorrowing Wife.
GILLIES-August 6, killed in action, aged 32 years, David Burns Gillies, M.G.C., dearly-beloved son of Catherine and the late David Gillies, of Knowsley-road, Bootle. (God calleth back His own.)-From his broken-hearted Mother and Sisters.
Probate GILLIES David Burns of 9 Mossfield-road Orrell Park Liverpool machine gunner attached to 10th battalion K.L.R. died 5 August 1917 in France Administration Liverpool 25 February to Jane Gillies widow. Effects £33.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Prudence No. 2114 E.C. | West Lancashire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
7th March 1907 | 22nd May 1907 | 16th September 1907 |
Endorsed "Resd" (Resigned) March 17th, 1913
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley