Name
William Hyde Eagleson Gordon
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/09/1915
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Gordon Highlanders
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
I. B. 17.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 23 Aug 1893 at The Old Mill, Coalstoun, East Lothian son of Maj. Archibald Alexander Gordon C.B.E., M.V.O. and Lizzie Maude (Smith) Gordon of Monksbarn, Maugersbury, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Educated at Haileybury College 1907-12 and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Studying for Holy Orders when war broke out and at once joined up.
Wartime Service
Entered France on 5 May 1915. Died of wounds received at the Battle of Loos.
Additional Information
Brother E R A Gordon died of illness as a result of Service on 5 Oct 1932 and who is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
