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VC478 William Eagleson Gordon
BORN 4 May 1866
DIED 10 March 1941 AGE 74
VC Won 11 July 1900 AGE 34
Place VC Won Near Krugersdorp
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name William Eagleson Gordon No.
VC Issue No. 478 Awards VC CBE
Regiment Gordon Highlanders
Later The Highlanders
Now 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Colonel
Place Of Birth Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Place Of Death London, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Albans Churchyard, Tilford Road, Hindhead, Surrey
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. East Block
Gazetted 26 September 1900
VC Presented 8 June 1902, Commander in Chief South Africa, Lord Kitchener, Pretoria, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, St Albans Churchyard, Tilford Road, Hindhead, Surrey
By The Way…
He served in the army in World War 1, was captured and imprisoned. He was then released in a prisoner exchange
VC Held By
Gordon Highlanders Museum, St Luke's, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen, Scotland
