Private
Gawn Gordon
Military Details
Service Number: 3694
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st/4th Seaforth Highlanders
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Belfast
Residence at Enlistment
Belfast
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
1st/4th
Service Number at Enlistment
3694
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1896
Place of Birth
Belfast , Co Antrim
Religion
C of E
Address
33 Courtria Street , Belfast
Residence (Census)
26. Persia Street, Broughton, Lancashire, England
Residence (Roll of Honour)
33 Courtria Street , Belfast
Parents
Robert & Mary Gawn
Siblings
Maggie Gordon, James Gordon, Sarah Gordon, Jennie Gordon, Rubia Gordon, Minnie Gordon
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Fluter - Flax Spinning
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
26th June 1916
Age at Death
20
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Seaforth Highlanders
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st/4th
Rank at Death
Private
Notes
Cleator Parish Magazine July 1916 - a note from the Vicar Rev Ceasar Caine "Dear Gawn we shall never see you again He has done his highest best and yielded up his life on the field of battle. When he first came to Cleator he was a weakly lad .....afterwards he was one of our best Guild workers his brother Jim and sister Sarah also taking part .... I wrote and told him to make his home at the Vicarage as soon as he had a chance he wrote and said he was delighted and would now live to see Cleator again .But things are otherwise ....... the letter states he died of wounds .... So we add his name to the other two .... the honour and glory of our village .......... .Joseph McVittie and John Hannah
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