Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Funeral Procession – Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war.

Funeral Procession – Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 2.

Funeral Procession – Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 3.

Funeral – Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 4.

Funeral – Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 5.

Funeral – Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 6.

Cemetery – Richard's original burial by German authorities at the Neumunster Cemetery near Hamburg. First photo of a series that were given to the family after the war. Photo # 7.

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Group Photo – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Memorial – Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.

Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – The graveside headstone of Flight Sergeant (Pilot-RCAF) Richard Lawrence GORDON in Hamburg Cemetery-Ohlsdorf, Germany.

Hamburg Cemetery – Hamburg Cemetery-Ohlsdorf, Germany.

War Memorial – War Memorial Monument in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada.

Memorial Plaque – WWII plaque on the War Memorial Monument in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada. Both Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Richard ('Dick') Lawrence GORDON and his 18-year-old brother, LAC Bruce Moore GORDON, are honoured here. From the book, "They Shall Grow Not Old--A Book Of Remembrance" Published by-- Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc. P.O. Box 1481 Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6N3 By Les Allison & Harry Hayward 'Dedicated to all those Canadian airmen and airwomen who served their country, during the Second World War, that we may be free.' (Lives lost between 3 Sep 1939-12 Aug 1945) Page 272-- GORDON, RICHARD LAWRENCE FS(P) R83552 From Hagersville, Ontario. KIA 29Apr 1942 Age 20 #408 Goose Squadron (For Freedom) Hampden aircraft #AE426 was carrying incendiaries when it was shot down 18 miles south of Kiel, at Newmunster, Germany, FS J.A. Romas (RCAF), and Sgt W.W. Perroux (RAAF)(Australian) were also killed. Flight Sergeant Pilot Gordon was buried at Newmunster, exhumed, and reinterred in the Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany.--as was Flight Sergeant James Arthur Easterbrooks ROMAS and Sergeant William Walter PEROUX.

Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper clipping-Toronto 'Evening Telegram'.

Photo of Richard Lawrence Gordon – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Photo of Richard Lawrence Gordon – Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.