Name
James William Nugent Gordon
18 Oct 1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/02/1915
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROYAL IRISH RIFLES GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE
IV. F. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
IN HIS MIGHTY KEEPING ARE ALSO THEY WHO NOBLY LOOKED ON DEATH
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
James William Nugent Gordon was born 1895 on the island of Montserrat West Indies. He was the eldest son. His father was William Montgomerie Gordon, at one time Asst. Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Trinidad. His mother was Constance Lucretia Nugent.
He was educated at Aldenham, where he was a member of the OTC, in 1913 He went to Birmingham University to study Mining Engineering , He also obtained a commission in 5th Territorial Battalion Black Watch on 19 Jul 1913.
Wartime Service
On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Active Service: promoted Lieutenant on 1 Sep 1914 he arrived, with his Battalion in France on 1 Nov 1914 and was killed in the trenches at Neuve Chapelle on 22 Feb 1914, being shot through the head.
He was buried with many others of the battalion in an orchard close to the billets of 5th Battalion near Neuve Chapelle in “Black Watch Lane”
Biography
Additional Information
His father, Mr. W. M. Gordon of 38, The Latch, Brechin, Forfarshire, ordered his headstone inscription: “IN HIS MIGHTY KEEPING ARE ALSO THEY WHO NOBLY LOOKED ON DEATH"
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
