Basic Details
Surname
East
Forenames
Gordon D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Gordon Doulton
Served or died
Died
Notes
The College website (see references) provides the following additional information: 'Came up in 1907 to read Natural Sciences. BA 1910. Military Service: Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attached 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Died 31st July 1917 in the fighting around Pilkem, on the opening day of the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). His Commanding Officer wrote “He had been working hard attending to the wounded under rifle and shell fire, and I asked him to go and reconnoitre another and better aid-post. It was while doing this that he was killed.”'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
July
Day of death
31
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial