Sapper Alexander Gordon
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1889-12-01
Place of birth: Insch Aberdeenshire Scotland
Next of kin: Catherine Gordon, mother, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Reston, Manitoba
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-08-08
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, V. B. 24.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 922575
Highest Rank:
Sapper
(3rd Battalion Canadian Engineers)
Rank detail
Sapper, 3rd Battalion Canadian Engineers, Canadian Engineers (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Kennethmont War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 71155
LAC ID:
422290
Service file: B3642-S042
Uploader's Notes: Further details can be found at www.kinnethmont.co.uk 1914-19 War Dead
Uploader's Research notes:
Son of William and Catherine Gordon of Seggiecrook, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Alexander Gordon was born on 1st December 1889 the son of William Gordon, Farmer in Largie, Insch and his wife Catherine Redford. The family later moved to Kennethmont when his father took the farm of Seggiecrook and it was from here Alexander left for Canada. He had worked as a Grocer in nearby Insch before emigrating. When he attested he joined the 200th Battalion ( Canadian Infantry) Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. It is not known when he transferred to the Canadian Engineers.
[Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 3rd Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2007-12-23