BORN HULL 13/10/1897. SON OF TOM LIGHTOWLER (1866-1939) AND MARY JANE BURTON HILL (1863-1960), OF 16, CRYSTAL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS), 87, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL & GATELEY HOUSE, NEWLAND PARK. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, TOM AND TWO SISTERS, EVA AND DORA.
HUSBAND OF JANE. SERVED AS ABLE SEAMAN, IN THE NELSON BATTALION, ROYAL NAVY DIVISION. KILLED ON 23/04/1917, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
HIS BROTHER, 2ND LIEUTENANT, TOM CRAVEN LIGHTOWLER WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE 52ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS.
First name:
GORDON
Military Number:
Z/8940
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
23/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
