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Name: GORDON, William John 'Jock'
Birth Date: 7 Aug 1930 Ardoch, Perthshire
Death Date: 12 Mar 1956 car accident on Nakuru road near Soysambu
First Date: 1930
Last Date: 1956
Profession: Barclays Bank
Area: Nakuru
Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Barnes, KR
General Information:
William John - Kenya Regiment 4880
Nairobi City Park cemetery - William John Gordon, died 12 Mar 1956, aged 25, Kenya Regiment
KR - 2nd Lieutenant William John Gordon - Kenya Regiment died 12/3/1956
From Aberdeen
Bruce Rooken Smith: 12 March 1956 - after a night out in Nakuru in Jock’s car, on one of the steep dips on the main road, somewhere near Delamere’s Soysambo Ranch... the car left the road at speed and disappeared into a gully. One officer survived and was able to sound the alarm.
Extract from article in SITREP XLIII pp 55-59 - 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment : Kenya 1955-56. 'On 12th March the tragic deaths occurred of Lts Hazell and Gordon in a car accident. A strong contingent of 'A' Company attended the funeral and every man in the Company mourned the loss of two popular officers. [Ed: 2Lt W.J. Gordon [KR5823] who was attached to the Gloucesters, died in this accident. Rumour has it that it took some time to locate where the car had left the road, and when the car was found in the riverbed, the bodies had been stripped of watches, wallets etc]