GORDON Alfred

  • First Name(s):
    Alfred 
  • Surname:
    GORDON
  • Service Number:
    203726
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs. C. W. Croft (formerly Gordon), 26 Sidney St., Barbourne, Worcester, and C. W. Croft (Stepfather)

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GORDON Alfred Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Stephen’s Church

Further Information About GORDON Alfred

The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
1911 Census
26 Melbourne Street, Barbourne
Alfred Gordon, aged 16, engineer steward on ship
At the same address: Charles William Croft (stepfather), carpenter and joiner, mother and 1 brother

The 1st/7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment was a Territorial Force battalion, part of the 144th (Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade, 48th (South Midland) Division. During 1917 the brigade was involved in following up the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line, when the Division occupied Peronne. Peronne is a large town within the general area of the Somme battlefield. There is no information to indicate when or where Alfred Gordon was killed.

Alfred Gordon has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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