Military service
Service number:
R/83552
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
August 23, 1921
Hagersville, Haldimand County, Ontario
Death:
April 29, 1942
Neumünster, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4A. G. 8.
Additional information
Son of the Revd. Simeon Moore Gordon and Jessie Irene Gordon, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Brother of Leading Aircraftman Bruce Moore Gordon, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon
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Photo of Richard Lawrence Gordon
Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Funeral
Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 5. -
Funeral
Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 6. -
Funeral Procession
Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. -
Funeral Procession
Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 2. -
Funeral Procession
Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 3. -
Funeral
Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 4. -
Cemetery
Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 7. -
Grave marker
The graveside headstone of Flight Sergeant (Pilot-RCAF) Richard Lawrence GORDON in Hamburg Cemetery-Ohlsdorf, Germany. -
Hamburg Cemetery
Hamburg Cemetery-Ohlsdorf, Germany. -
War Memorial
War Memorial Monument in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada. -
Memorial Plaque
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping-Toronto 'Evening Telegram'. -
Photo of Richard Lawrence Gordon
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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