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Captain JOHN EYRE GISBORNE GORDON

Service Number: 71018
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 01 April 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY

11. A. 3.

Sudan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sir Eyre Gordon, C.S.I., C.I.E. and Lady Gordon (nee Lenox Napier), of Newcastle, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
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Buried or commemorated at

KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY
Sudan
Number of casualties: 842
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