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Name:  William Muir McIntyre Gordon
Number: 200885
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
Rank: Private.
Born: 17 May 1896 Shettleston, Glasgow.
Died: 25 March 1918    Missing presumed dead      Age 21
Buried: Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, France.
Battle: German Spring Offensive 'Kaiserschlacht'
21 Mar-4 Apr 1918.

Son of William and Margaret Gordon,
Campsie View, Stepps.

1901 Census: 'Bellfield', Chryston.
1911 Census: 'Campsie View', Stepps.

CWGC site:   Yes.
SNWM site:   No.
Kirkintilloch Herald mention    No.

William had been employed as a warehouse boy for a wholesale draper.