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Private JOHN WILLIAM GILPIN

Service Number: 3599463
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRIZINGTON (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD

Grave 706.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Gilpin and of Mary Jane Gilpin, of Frizington.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL
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Buried or commemorated at

FRIZINGTON (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD
Cumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7
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