Personal data
| Name | Gordon |
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| Initials | G.M. |
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| Christian name | Gerard Montague |
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| Date and place of birth | Sherborne, 08.01.1891 |
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| Family | Son of George and Mary Gordon, of Wincombe Park, Wilts, and The Barn House, Sherborne, Dorset. |
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Extra information
- Information
- Educated at Durnford House, Wellington College and the South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye
- Information 2
- Played for Free Foresters Cricket Team, Marylebone Cricket Club and Dorset County Cricket Club
Military data
| Rank | Lt. |
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| Regiment / Unit | 12 Royal Fusiliers |
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| Date of death | |
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| Age | 26 |
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| Cemetery / Memorial | Reninghelst New Military Cemetery II.C.23; personal inscripiton: HE IS NOT DEAD HE IS JUST AWAY |
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Other information
- Information 1
- Signed Visitors' Book on 7 February 1916
- Information 2
- Hospitalisation with influenza 2-14 June 1916, and with appendicitis, Feb. - 26 May 1917
- Information 3
- Original gravemarker hangs in St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sherborne
- Information 4
- Two brothers, Major Reginald Gordon, Dorset Yeomanry, and Capt. Charles Gordon, 11 Rajputs, Indian Army, survived.
Media
Sources
- Source
- VB 1, p.35
