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Military service
Service number:
11232
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
February 18, 1891
Death:
October 8, 1916
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Son of William and Martha Gordon, of Ballymarlow, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
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Brothers Pte. Charles Gordon and Pte. James Gordon both died during the First World War. Pte James Gordon, 799154, served with the 15th Battalion Central Ontario Regiment, and died on March 2nd, 1917. -
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pt Charles Gordon of Ballymarlow
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Private Charles Gordon
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Private Charles Gordon
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Private Charles Gordon
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Commemorated on:
Page 93 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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