DAVID ELDER GORDON, Second Lieutenant, 12th Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment, (British Army) was killed in action on 15 July 1916 by a sniper at Longueval and is buried at Quarry cemetery, Montauban, France. He was the son of David Elder, a civil servant, and Kate Mackenzie Gordon of Greenock, Inverclyde. David was working as a clerk for the Canadian Bank of Commerce when he enlisted at Camp Valcartier, Québec, as Private (21473) on the outbreak of the war. He was commissioned from the ranks into the British Army in September 1915. Played football in the Saskatoon Football Association

SON OF DAVID E. AND KATE MACKENZIE GORDON, OF 52 BRISBANE Street, GREENOCK.

Buried at QUARRY Cemetery, MONTAUBAN, France. Grave Reference II. A. 10.

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