Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Leslie Farries Gordon
In memory of:
Lieutenant Leslie Farries Gordon
August 15, 1918
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
50th Battalion
Military Cross
Additional Information
April 6, 1889
Gananoque, Ontario
August 18, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Son of James Hartley Gordon and the late Mary Ball Gordon of Montreal, Quebec. Lieutenant Gordon was single and employed as an accountant.
Commemorated on Page 416 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
Hampshire, United Kingdom
Officers 1962.
The Netley Military Cemetery is located in Hound, a parish and village on Southampton Water, 4 miles south-east of Southampton. It is a permanent Ministry of Defence cemetery of 17 acres, attached to the Royal Victoria Hospital. It was used during both world wars for burials from the hospital. It lies within a park maintained by Hampshire County Council on the site of the former hospital, and access is by way of a private road with a lockable security barrier.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Officer's declaration form signed in 1915. -
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Document – Hospital record for Lieut. Gordon -
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Document – Casualty record for Lieut. Gordon showing he died aboard ship while being transported to hospital in England. -
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Award Citation – Military Cross Citation for Lieut. Gordon -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – News article from the Calgary Herald dated 19 August 1918, advisng of the passing of Lieutenant Gordon.
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