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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Gordon Highlanders
Division:
3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.
Birth:
September 27, 1882
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier
Death:
May 7, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Bay 8 and 9.
Additional information
Son of W. H. Lockhart and Emily Gordon of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Captain Walter Leslie Lockhart Gordon, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917 -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Honour Roll
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Memorial Plaque
Beautiful memorial plaque placed in All Saints' Church. All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in WWI and 28 lost their lives. -
Commemorative Plaque (2)
The Gordon memorial plaque may be seen on this wall of All Saints' Church. It is the lower plaque. -
All Saints' Church's Montage
All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in World War I, and 28 lost their lives. The 1922 WWI memorial tablet can be seen in this photo. -
Commemorative Plaque
"The bronze memorial tablet, sacred to the memory of those members of our congregation, who laid down their lives in the recent great war, and subscribed for by the members of the congregation"-this statement appeared in a 1922 church publication. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Inscription on tree
This is a blazed tree found in the Upper Kitimat Valley with G.Olson and M.L.Gordon, dated 10/1912. Located at the junction of the Mckay and Bolton Creeks. -
Group Photo
This is a blazed tree found in the Upper Kitimat Vallley (in 1982) with G.Olson and M.L.Gordon, dated 10/1912. Located at the junction of the Mckay and Bolton Creeks. -
Essay
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Essay (Page 2)
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Essay (Page 3)
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Memorial Plaque
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 495 Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1900) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon and Emily Gordon of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Gordon Highlanders, 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. He died on May 7, 1917. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. -
Memorial Stained Glass
On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates. 495 Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1900) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon and Emily Gordon of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Gordon Highlanders, 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. He died on May 7, 1917. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. -
Map
Lockhart Gordon Creek in British Columbia was named after 495 Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1899), who was killed in action 7 May 1917 at Bullecourt. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Kingston, from which he graduated in 1902. Lockhart Gordon Creek flows S into the head of Draney Inlet, S of Rivers Inlet (community), Latitude: 51°24'29" Longitude: 127°15'07" Lockhart Gordon Creek was adopted 6 April 1950 as originally submitted to the Geographic Board of Canada in February 1924 by BC Geographic Division. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 495 Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon (RMC 1900) was the son of W. H. Lockhart Gordon, barrister and solicitor and Emily Gordon Gordon, of Toronto. After graduating from the Royal Military College of Canada, he practiced surveying and civil engineering in Vancouver. He enlisted at the beginning of the war with the Seaforth Highlanders of Vancouver. He was on the wounded list 3 times, injured in 7 places, reported missing and later recorded dead. His name is listed on the Arras Memorial and on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Photo of Maitland Lockhart Gordon
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Arras Memorial
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Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Stair
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Memorial window, Royal Military College, Kingston. -
Memorial Arch
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
Digital gallery of
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 577 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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