View source for Gorton Sapper

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Gorton (forename not yet known).
|Army number=Not yet known.
|Rank=Sapper
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
|Unit=Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 2 Platoon.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address=No family information yet. 
}}

Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.