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Private Gordon Crawford Gifford

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1893-12-07
Place of birth: Port Hope Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Robert Charles Smith (Mother) Port Hope, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Horse packer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1918-03-29
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 412589
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail

Private (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Arras, 2nd battle of the Somme
Commemoration location: Book of Remembrance (Ottawa), page 414

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 284181
LAC ID: 412582
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3511-S045
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Francis Sweetland Gifford & Mary Wallace Smart (d/o Robert & Jane), he married Lucie May Gifford, of 6, Lawford Rd., Kentish Town, London, England. Gordon's mother appears to have remarried - Robert Charles Smith - by the time he enlisted. (Siblings' birth registrations, 1901 census returns, VWM records & St. John's Anglican Cemetery database [Port Hope])

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 39th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-03-20