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Son of W. H. Lockhart and Emily Gordon of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon, who died while serving with the Gordon Highlanders.
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Beautiful memorial plaque placed in All Saints' Church. All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in WWI and 28 lost their lives.
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
The Gordon memorial plaque may be seen on this wall of All Saints' Church. It is the lower plaque.
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
"The bronze memorial tablet, sacred to the memory of those members of our congregation, who laid down their lives in the recent great war, and subscribed for by the members of the congregation"-this statement appeared in a 1922 church publication.
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in World War I, and 28 lost their lives. The 1922 WWI memorial tablet can be seen in this photo.
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario.
Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side
panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were
presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918".
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Photograph from the front.
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Inscription on the Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.
802 Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1911) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon and Emily Gordon Gordon, of Toronto. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 2nd Bn. He died on Apr 23, 1915. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium.
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
802 Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1911) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon, barrister and solicitor and Emily Gordon Gordon, of Toronto. He studied at the Toronto Church School. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada, winning the Sword of Honour in his last year. He was qualified for the bar at the time of his enlistment. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) 2nd Bn. He died on Apr 23, 1915 at 24 years of age. His name is listed on the Menin Gates and on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
802 Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1911) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon, barrister and solicitor and Emily Gordon Gordon, of Toronto. He studied at the Toronto Church School. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada, winning the Sword of Honour in his last year. He was qualified for the bar at the time of his enlistment. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) 2nd Bn. He died on Apr 23, 1915 at 24 years of age. His name is listed on the Menin Gates and on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Royal Military College of Canada memorial stained glass window
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Royal Military College of Canada memorial arch
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Memorial Plaque – Capt. Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon is remembered on this bronze memorial plaque. The plaque is found in the foyer of the Alpha Delta Phi Chapter House at 94 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, ON.
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press);
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press);
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Beautiful memorial plaque placed in All Saints' Church. All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in WWI and 28 lost their lives.
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The Gordon memorial plaque may be seen on this wall of All Saints' Church. It is the lower plaque.
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"The bronze memorial tablet, sacred to the memory of those members of our congregation, who laid down their lives in the recent great war, and subscribed for by the members of the congregation"-this statement appeared in a 1922 church publication.
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All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in World War I, and 28 lost their lives. The 1922 WWI memorial tablet can be seen in this photo.
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The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918".
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Photograph from the front.
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Inscription on the Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 802 Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1911) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon and Emily Gordon Gordon, of Toronto. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 2nd Bn. He died on Apr 23, 1915. He is remembered on the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Belgium.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 802 Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1911) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon, barrister and solicitor and Emily Gordon Gordon, of Toronto. He studied at the Toronto Church School. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada, winning the Sword of Honour in his last year. He was qualified for the bar at the time of his enlistment. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) 2nd Bn. He died on Apr 23, 1915 at 24 years of age. His name is listed on the Menin Gates and on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 802 Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1911) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon, barrister and solicitor and Emily Gordon Gordon, of Toronto. He studied at the Toronto Church School. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada, winning the Sword of Honour in his last year. He was qualified for the bar at the time of his enlistment. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) 2nd Bn. He died on Apr 23, 1915 at 24 years of age. His name is listed on the Menin Gates and on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Royal Military College of Canada memorial stained glass window
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Royal Military College of Canada memorial arch
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Memorial Plaque – Capt. Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon is remembered on this bronze memorial plaque. The plaque is found in the foyer of the Alpha Delta Phi Chapter House at 94 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, ON.
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The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press);
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The Golden Book Toronto : The Canadian Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press);
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 16 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL Belgium
The Menin Gate Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, it consists of a Hall of Memory", 36.6 metres long by 20.1 metres wide. In the centre are broad staircases leading to the ramparts which overlook the moat, and to pillared loggias which run the whole length of the structure. On the inner walls of the Hall, on the side of the staircases and on the walls of the loggias, panels of Portland stone bear the names of the dead, inscribed by regiment and corps. Carved in stone above the central arch are the words:
TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.
Over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription:
HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.
The dead are remembered to this day in a simple ceremony that takes place every evening at 8:00 p.m. All traffic through the gateway in either direction is halted, and two buglers (on special occasions four) move to the centre of the Hall and sound the Last Post. Two silver trumpets for use in the ceremony are a gift to the Ypres Last Post Committee by an officer of the Royal Canadian Artillery, who served with the 10th Battery, of St. Catharines, Ontario, in Ypres in April 1915."
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