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Erroll Pilkington Gillespie Letters

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Strand Palace Hotel, Strand, London, W.C.2 The Strand Hotel Ltd. Telegrams: "Luxury, Rand, London." Code: Western Union

The Strand Hotel Limited. Proprietors of Strand Palace Hotel, Regent Palace Hotel

I am anxious to have this officer posted to the Bn under my Command. Lieutenant Gillespie's brother & cousin served in this Bn. Sgd W. Tweedie Lt Co. 4th Bn A & S Highlanders.

I think probably if I present this letter to my present O.C. I might be able to arrange things; Oliphant & I are rather anxious to keep together & I might be able to fix him up too, if I finally do decide to transfer. We are going to have a try out with the

BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 / OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867 – 1920. Victoria; lawyer. / Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917 – 1919.