Military service
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Son of Marshall Pollock Gordon and Emma Isabelle Gordon, of Union Club, Victoria, British Columbia.
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918
published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
Ralph in a bi-plane
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
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Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of 2nd Lt. R. V. Gordon R.A.F. is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Ralph Vyvian Gordon
From the Daily Colonist of October 6, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y262uvic/page/n1/mode/1up?view=theater . Note that Second Lieutenant Gordon's regimental number while serving with the C.E.F. was 180779.
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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Ralph in a bi-plane
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Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of 2nd Lt. R. V. Gordon R.A.F. is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Relations.
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Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXI is dedicated: " 'Extol, ye bell, the virtue of our valorous men.' Alumni Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Daily Colonist of October 6, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y262uvic/page/n1/mode/1up?view=theater . Note that Second Lieutenant Gordon's regimental number while serving with the C.E.F. was 180779.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 587 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY Vosges, France
Charmes is a small town 25 kilometres north-west of Epinal and 44 kilometres south of Nancy. The CWGC cemetery is located on the east side of the town of Charmes.
Charmes is best reached from the junction off the motorway N.57 - E.23. The only way to reach the cemetery is by going through the centre of the town of Charmes, crossing the Moselle river and the main railway line.
The CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY lies on the right hand side of the road in thick woodland. The road number is D.9 in the direction of Damas- aux-Bois.
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