| Notes: | CMP. 603 Company VP. Enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regiment, transferred to CMP. 20/8/44 Died. He was born in Bournemouth and resided in Dorset. Unit War Diary 603 Company Vulnerable Points, CMP. WO 171/3394: 20/8/44 Pte C R Gillingham 5727075 Accidentally killed whilst acting as a escort to POW's. Unit show as 603 Pro Coy in CWGC roll. Casualty List 1541, North West Europe, Wounded, 20/8/1944. Died of Wounds CL1546/13. Casualty List 1546, North West Europe, previously reported now reported Died of Wounds, previous List 1541, 20/8/1940. Inscription on gravestone: Rock of ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee.
Cecil Reginald Gillingham. |
