Private George Vance Gordon
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Gordon,
George Vance
Date of birth: 1893-04-18
Place of birth: Hamilton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Regina Gordon (sister,) Blake Street, Hamilton, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Shell Inspector
Address:
3 McNeil Street, Hamilton, Ontario
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 6.B.6
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 757324
Highest Rank:
Private
(87th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 87th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1915-12-08 ?
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He went “over the top” with his company in the attack on Vimy Ridge and was killed during this engagement. No further details are available regarding the actual circumstances of this death
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 2954590
LAC ID:
427801
Service file: B3646-S044
Uploader's Notes: Son of George and Annie Gordon, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, brother of Regina Gordon, of 150, Wellington Street South, Hamilton.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 120th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 87th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2014-02-08
Last modified: 2014-02-08