WORRALL Gordon Alec

  • First Name(s):
    Gordon 
    Alec 
  • Surname:
    WORRALL
  • Service Number:
    7899936
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Royal Armoured Corps
  • Regiment:
    40th (7th Battalion The Kings Regiment [Liverpool]) Royal Tank Regiment
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th September 1943
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Cassino Memorial, Italy, Panel 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Bertrand Webster Worrall and Nora Jessie Worrall, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WORRALL Gordon Alec Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial
Wollaston St James’s Church

Further Information About WORRALL Gordon Alec

Gordon Worrall enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps and was posted to the 40th (King’s Liverpool) Royal Tank Regiment in 23 Armoured Brigade. This brigade went to Egypt to join 30th Corps in the North African campaign in July 1942. They were engaged immediately in the defence of Alamein, and then fought at Alam Halfa, Alamein and during the whole campaign in Tunisia. They took part in the Sicily landings from 9-12 July 1943 and in the Salerno landing on the 9th September. During the advance to Naples Sergeant Gordon Worrall was killed in action on the 27th September.

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