Gerald Bernard Spiller, son of Thomas Spiller, sacrist at Marischal College, Aberdeen, was born in Aberdeen on 26 Jan 1909. He graduated from Aberdeen University, MA 1930, LLB 1933, and began teaching in Stirlingshire in 1933. From 1940 - 1945 he served in the Royal Air Force, where he reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant. After the war, he returned to teaching, and by 1958 was headmaster of Bannockburn Secondary School. He married Elma P. Ryder (MA, Aberdeen, 1930) in Aberdeen on 20 Jul 1940.
From the guide to the Papers of Gerald B. Spiller, 1926 - 1931, (University of Aberdeen)