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Sergeant ALEXANDER GORDON

Service Number: 566025
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

84 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

5. G. 3.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Christina Gordon, of Mid Clyth, Caithness-shire.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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