GILLMAN, John (1919 – 1942)

1942, British, East Kent Regiments (The Buffs), Egypt, El Alamein War Cemetery, Images, Nationality, No Image, World War 2

Full Name: John William Thomas GILLMAN

Nationality: British

Rank: Private

Servic: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”)

Unit: 2nd Battalion

Age at Death: 23

Date of Death: 6 November 1942

Service Number: 41302

Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt

CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2094122/GILLMAN,%20JOHN%20WILLIAM%20THOMAS

In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrae, May 1915

GILLMAN, John (1919 – 1942)

In Flanders Fields…