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Gow, Charles Humphry, only son of the Rev. Henry Gow, of Hampstead, Unitarian Minister, by Edith, daughter of Dr. Charles Beard, of Liverpool; b. May 26, 1891; adm. May 4, 1905 (R); left July 1908; Emann. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; a student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1912-5; Surgeon Probationer R. N. V. R. Aug. 8, 1914; served for eight months on the destroyer H. M. S. Laforey; returned to the Hospital and qualified as M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1915; joined the R. N. D. as temp. Surgeon July 19, 1915, and served in the Gallipoli Peninsula, at Salonika, and for the last eight months of his life on the western front; killed while attending to the wounded near Beaucourt-sur-Ancre Nov. 13, 1916; unm.

Gorman, Harry Fortescue, son of Major William Henry Gorman, of Purley, Surrey, by Florence, daughter of Major Robert John Hickman, 60th Rifles, of Hersham, Surrey; b. Sept. 8, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left July 1920; a member of the firm of Patons and Baldwins, Ltd., Halifax; later engaged in business at Hove, Sussex; 2nd Lieut. R.A. Sept. 7, 1940; Lieut.-Col.; mentioned in despatches (N.W. Europe) L.G. Nov. 8, 1945, and April 4, 1946; m. Sept. 14, 1933, Frances Isabella Patricia, elder daughter of Albert Clifford Robinson, of Brighouse, Yorks; killed in a motor accident in Germany Jan. 20, 1946.

Harry Fortescue Gorman was born at Dover, Kent on the 8th of September 1901 the elder son of Major William Henry Gorman, East Surrey Regiment, and Florence (nee Hickman) Gorman of “Rozel”, Woodcote Valley Road, Purley in Surrey, later of Willow Drive, Halifax. He was educated at Westminster School where he was a King’s Scholar from the 23rd of September 1915 to July 1920. He was a member of the 2nd Football XI in 1917 and of the 1st Football XI in 1917 and 1918. He was a member of the 1st Cricket XI in 1717 and was a member of the Officer Training Corps.
On leaving school he worked for the firm of Patons and Baldwins Ltd, knitting yarn manufacturers of Halifax, and was later in business at Hove in Sussex.
He was married at St Martin’s Church, Brighouse, Yorkshire on the 14th of September 1933 to Frances Isabella Patricia (nee Robinson) and they lived at “Tanaghmore”, Pangbourne in Sussex. They had two daughters, Janet, born on the 18th of August 1934, Sarah, and a son, Charles, born in 1937.
He attended an Officer Cadet Training Battalion before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on the 7th of September 1940.
He was created as a Member of the British Empire and the recommendation for the award read as follows: - ““Major Gorman has been OC 218 Det Mil Gov during the whole of the period 1 Feb 45 – 30 Apr 45 and in the performance of his duties he has shown outstanding zeal and ability. Operating under most trying conditions and often under fire with the leading troops his disregard for danger and devotion to duty have largely contributed to the successful imposition of Mil Gov in 8 Corps area.”
He was twice Mentioned in Despatches for “Gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe”, which were announced by the War Office on the 8th of November 1945 and on the 4th of April 1946.
He was killed in a motor accident at Hamburg.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Rottingdean, Sussex.
He is buried at Hamburg Cemetery Plot 1A, Row C, Grave 15.

Gordon, Alexander John Maxwell, younger brother of Richard Edward Clifton Gordon (q.v.); b. Nov. 4. 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left July 1913; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; 2nd Lieut. 16th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Nov. 16, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 13, 1916, Capt. Nov. 14, 1916; went out to the western front in Sept. 1917; killed in action at Moeuvres Nov. 27, 1917; unm.

Gonne, Michael Edward, younger son of Henry Gonne, of Ringwood, Rants, barrister-at-law, by Grace Staveley, daughter of Henry Marsden, of Bombay; b. Oct. 23, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst May - Oct. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Oct. 27, 1916; was at once attached to the R. F. C. and in March 1917 went to Egypt and thence to France in June following; Acting Flight-Cdr. Jan. 9, 1918; M.C. Feb. 1, 1918; injured while testing a machine in Feb. 1918, and was invalided to England, where, on resuming duty, he acted as gunnery instructor; rejoined his old squadron on the western front Aug. 7, 1918, and on the following day volunteered for the flight from which he never returned; was last seen Aug. 8, 1918, at the height of 2000 feet over the Somme crossings at Brie, and is said to have died in the German Field Hospital at Villers-Carbonnel; unm.

Gifford, John Daniel, third son of Robert Gifford, of Estancia, Biachuelo, Colonia, Uruguay, by Annie, eldest daughter of the Rev. Evan Eugene Hughes, Rector of Llanddeiniolen, Carnarvonshire; b. March 10, 1872; adm. April 1884 (A); left July 1890; returned home after fourteen years in Argentina; enlisted in the 25th (Service) Batt. the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) July 24, 1915; d. at Retford, Notts, while on active service July 8, 1917; unm.