 Albert Stephen Ignatius Gispert Second Lieutenant, 371854 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
Born: | July 31, 1903, son of Arthur and Remedio Gispert of 80 Breakspears Road, Brockley, London, England. |
| Died: | February 11, 1942, age 38 years, 6 months, 11 days. At approximately 4:00 a.m., while in charge of a mortar platoon, Gispert and his men were killed in action against invading Japanese forces on Dairy Farm Road, Singapore. Gravesite Details: Second Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. | |
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exists no eyewitness record of Gispert's demise, but the preceding is the generally accepted estimate viewed through the fog of war.Gispert’s body was never identified, and he is probably buried, along with others killed during the invasion. In the Singapore’s Kranji War Cemetery his name is inscribed on its walls, along with 24,346 Allied soldiers, sailors, and airmen for whom no remains could be identified, thus no graves establish. There is a dedication to, 2nd Lieut. Albert S. Gispert, killed in action near Singapore, 11th February 1942, aged 38, R.I.P, on the Gispert Family Memorial in the Catholic burial area of the Brockley & Lady Well Cemeteries, Brockley Grove, Lewisham, London. |
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| "G" - a description: " ... no pretensions to athletic prowess, being short, rather rotund, and a bon viveur, great sense of fun, and humour, but underneath noble instincts ... he epitomises great fun , good fellowship, with solid qualities. " - Cecil Lee (one of the other original members of the first hash, and Joint Master in 1938-39, while G was OnSec ) | ||