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Second Lieutenant Thomas Seton Gordon

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-11-29
Place of birth: Owen Sound Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Charles Gordon, father. Owen Sound, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student-at-Law
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1916-01-22
Cause of death: Died of wounds

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: McG/136
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Rank detail
  1. Second Lieutenant (British Army). 1915-08-12 to 1916-01-22
  2. Sergeant (Army). 1915-07-23 to 1915-08-11
  3. Private (Army). 1915-07-18 to 1915-07-23
  4. Private (Army). 1915-05-22 to 1915-07-18
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded January 22, 1916

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 73912
LAC ID: 422519
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3653-S040
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Charles Gordon and Josephine Gordon (nee Gimby); younger brother of Lieutenant Russell Gimby Gordon and Lieutenant Joseph Vincent Gordon, and older brother of Willard Meredith Gordon (Service No. 2365905)

Original Overseas unit C.O.T.C., 2nd University Coy. P.P.C.L.I. (University of Toronto), transferred September, 1915 to The Border Regiment

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 11th Reserve Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 11th Reserve Battalion Discharged to accept a Commission in the Imperial Army Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd University Company Second Lieutenant British Army British Infantry 11th Battalion, Border Regiment Commission confirmed in London Gazette No. 29266, dated August 17, 1915, pg. 8186, effective August 12, 1915 ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-02-10