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Major GORDON RUTHVEN HERON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

78th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GIVENCHY-EN-GOHELLE CANADIAN CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

F. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. W. L. Heron, and Emily MacKenzie Brown, his wife, of Ottawa. He won the Humane Society Medal at the age of 15, for saving 5 lives.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

GIVENCHY-EN-GOHELLE CANADIAN CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 154
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