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Private WILLIAM HENRY GORDON

Service Number: 2524
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

3rd Regt.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LYNE (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD

243 (East of Church).

United Kingdom

Lyne (Holy Trinity) Churchyard - private memorial marking the grave of Private William Henry Gordon, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry who died of wounds received at Delville Wood.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of the late Dr. Charles Gordon, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
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Buried or commemorated at

LYNE (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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