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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
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|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 
|Image Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG
 
|Image Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG
 
|Image Title=L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Revision as of 19:29, 18 April 2018

Personnel Entry

L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.
L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.

Name Gordon Benjamin
Army number 4455692
Rank L/Cpl
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham 1913/14.
Age 26
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly Spring 1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served BEF. Listed MISSING 11/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40. Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley. Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux.
Source table 11DLI