BORN BRADFORD 03/08/1893. SON OF FRANK GRESHAM (1862-1940) & HELENA PITCHFORD DYSON (1866-1931), OF 63 TRINITY ROAD, BRIDLINGTON AND 32, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. ONE OF FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. EDUCATED AT HULL, HYMERS COLLEGE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE EAST RIDING YOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 18/06/1918, AGED 22.
HIS BROTHERS JOHN & FRANCIS ALSO FELL. ALL THREE ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE HULL HYMERS COLLEGE WW1 MEMORIAL.
First name:
GORDON
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
18/06/1916
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
22
