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Military service
Service number:
799154
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
August 4, 1894
Death:
March 2, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 30.
Additional information
Son of William and Martha Gordon, of Ballymarlow, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
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Newspaper Clipping
Brothers Pte. James Gordon and Pte. Charles Gordon both died during the First World War. Pte Charles Gordon, 11232, served with the 4th Battalion Central Ontario Regiment, and died on October 8, 1916. -
Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Gordon was originally a member of the 134th before being transferred to the 75th (Mississauga) Bn as a reinforcement. He was subsquently discharged from the forces and re-enlisted with the 15th Bn. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private James Gordon
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Private James Gordon
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Private James Gordon
Digital gallery of
Private James Gordon
Digital gallery of
Private James Gordon
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Private James Gordon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 245 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FOSSE No. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.
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