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Lieutenant CECIL ROY GILLIAT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

2nd Armd. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

XIII. E. 20.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Cecil and Blanche Gilliat; husband of Daisy Madeline Gilliat, of Fort Garry, Manitoba, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 4277
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