Lieutenant Gordon Fraser Ross
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Ross,
Gordon Fraser
Date of birth: 1894-03-17
Place of birth: York Ontario Canada
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1918-05-10
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Dover (St. James’s) Cemetery, K. V. 16.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
Lieutenant (Navy).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 365716
Uploader's Notes: Son of John L. and Annie Fraser Ross, of Toronto, Ontario. He was Killed in Action on 10th May 1918 while rescuing the crews of the blocking ships in the naval raid on Ostend. He was in charge of one of the launches and was operating a machine gun when a shell burst behind him killing him instantly.
Uploader's Research notes: June 2017 - BWM/VM pair offered in Jeffrey Hoare June auction (with fathers North West Canada medal) [Lieutenant Navy Royal Navy ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-06-10