Private Thomas Gillin

07 Oct 1977

Private Thomas Gillan served with A Company, 15 PARA (SV).

While on a training exercise in Tarbes, France, Pte Gillin accidently fell to his death from a barrack room window on 7 October 1977.

The January 1978 edition of Pegasus Journal, recorded:

Pte Gillin was a very keen and able volunteer soldier whose ambition was to become a regular soldier, he will be sadly missed by his colleagues.

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