Lives of the First World War

3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London ) Regiment Died of wounds aged 21 on 30th May 1918 at Casualty Clearing Station in Vignacourt whilst attached to 49th Pioneer Corps. Buried in Vignacourt Cemetery Grave III. B. 2.

Original document showing Gordon signed on 7th Sept 1914 with 3rd C of L Regt (Royal Fus). Also stamped on it is 4th London Regt and at the bottom 49th Labour Company, who he was with as 'Emergency Infantry' when we was wounded and later 'Died of Wounds' on 30th May 1918. You can see that someone has written 'DEAD' across the document.

Standard Pre-Posting Image taken of all Soldiers being deployed on active service.

Bronze memorial plaque commemorating the employees of the McCorquodale firm, Cardington Street, near Euston, London who were killed during the First World War. From http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30081254.

Gordon's Record shows Home Service until 23/12/1914 when his Battalion was shipped to Malta, then Egypt & finally Gallipoli. He contracted Enteric Fever at Gallipoli & hospitalised, taken to Malta for further treatment, then brought back to UK military hospitals. Recovered & posted to France on 12/12/1916. He served on the Western Front until he was wounded in action 21-22/12/1917, hospitalised at Etaples & evacuated to UK military hospitals. Recovered again, but deemed unfit for front line service, he was transferred to the Labour Corps on 15th December 1917 & posted to 49th Company on 23rd February 1918 (his paperwork states 3rd (Reserve) Bn London Regt), joining the unit on 26/02/1918. He was in the field from 3/3/1918. On 20/4/1918, he was stood to with other able Soldiers assembled into a 'Emergency Combatant Unit'. On the 27/4/1918, his record states 'Return to Coy'. Last entry is died of wounds received in action 30/5/1918 Vignacourt Casualty Clearing Station.