Giles G 2nd Lt 2nd Gordon Highlanders
SECOND LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY Gordon Highlanders, was born in 1888. He became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1911.
He had been a member of the Artists Rifles before the war, and rejoined at the outbreak of war.
Early in 1915 he was given a commission in the 2nd Gordon Highlanders and was wounded in May of that year.
After recovering from his wounds he returned to the Front and was killed on 1 July 1916-the fiercest day in the history of the British army-in the attack on Mametz.
Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918
Thank you.
An extended cousin of his time killed in WW1 as others in the wider family then to the memory of those who died equally during WW2 – in an already very personal matter a photo makes that personal matter more so. God bless them all.
With the grateful thanks to the Commonwealth War Grave commission with associated bodies and the Royal British Legion
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