Rank:
Stoker
Birth date:
19.04.1880
Birth Place:
Donegal, Ireland
Service Number:
289248
Date Joined:
26.07.1898
Date Discharged:
25.07.1910
Display No. 7F
GILLESPIE, Robert
Robert Gillespie joined the Royal Navy in July 1898, training in HMS Pembroke.
Gillespie served in numerous Royal Navy vessels in the early 1900s, most notably in HMS Pique which was operating on the China station during the Boxer Rebellion in Northern China. He retired from the Navy in July 1910.
China War Medal 1900
Awarded medal(s)
Medal Description:
China War Medal 1900
A British campaign medal issued to British and Indian land and sea troops who served during the Boxer Rebellion in China: 10 June – 31 December, 1900. The ribbon is crimson with wide yellow edges. A total of three clasps were issued. These included the Relief of Pekin clasp which was awarded to British and Indian Army personnel and to men of the Royal Navy involved in the relief of the Legations in Peking, between 10 June and 14 August 1900. They were either part of the international relief force or Vice Admiral Edward Seymour’s Naval Brigade.