Major-General Rollo Gillespie
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Major-General Rollo Gillespie was a distinguished British Army officer of the early 19th century, noted for his service in the Napoleonic Wars and his death leading an assault during the Anglo-Nepalese War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Major-General Rollo Gillespie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8124464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Rollo Gillespie Context triple: [Battle of Nalapani, commander, Major-General Rollo Gillespie]
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Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
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B.
Major-General Douglas Graham
Major-General Douglas Graham was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during key operations of the Second World War.
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C.
Major-General Ivo Thomas
Major-General Ivo Thomas was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division during key operations in the Second World War.
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D.
Major General Harold Barrowclough
Major General Harold Barrowclough was a distinguished New Zealand military leader and jurist who commanded New Zealand forces in the Pacific during the Second World War and later served as Chief Justice of New Zealand.
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E.
Major-General Sidney Kirkman
Major-General Sidney Kirkman was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of infantry formations in key campaigns including North Africa and Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major-General Rollo Gillespie Target entity description: Major-General Rollo Gillespie was a distinguished British Army officer of the early 19th century, noted for his service in the Napoleonic Wars and his death leading an assault during the Anglo-Nepalese War.
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A.
Major-General Tom Rennie
Major-General Tom Rennie was a British Army officer who distinguished himself as a frontline divisional commander during key campaigns of the Second World War, including the Normandy landings.
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B.
Major-General Douglas Graham
Major-General Douglas Graham was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division during key operations of the Second World War.
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C.
Major-General Ivo Thomas
Major-General Ivo Thomas was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division during key operations in the Second World War.
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D.
Major General Harold Barrowclough
Major General Harold Barrowclough was a distinguished New Zealand military leader and jurist who commanded New Zealand forces in the Pacific during the Second World War and later served as Chief Justice of New Zealand.
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E.
Major-General Sidney Kirkman
Major-General Sidney Kirkman was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, noted for his leadership of infantry formations in key campaigns including North Africa and Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Dehradun area, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| conflict |
Anglo-Nepalese War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1766-01-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1814-10-04 ⓘ |
| describedAs | distinguished and daring officer ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Rollo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| memorial |
monument in Comber, County Down
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statue in St Paul’s Cathedral, London ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major-General ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
20th Regiment of Foot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
33rd Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ Bengal Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Irish Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Rollo Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | killed while leading an assault on the Nepali fort at Kalunga ⓘ |
| notableFor |
gallantry and personal bravery in battle
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service in the Anglo-Nepalese War ⓘ service in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Java (1811)
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Kalunga NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of Java (1811) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Comber, County Down
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
British India
NERFINISHED
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Kalunga, near Dehradun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Commander of British forces at the storming of Kalunga ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1814 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1783 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Major-General Rollo Gillespie Description of subject: Major-General Rollo Gillespie was a distinguished British Army officer of the early 19th century, noted for his service in the Napoleonic Wars and his death leading an assault during the Anglo-Nepalese War.
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