Second Lieutenant Bernard Vernon Gordon, Royal Flying Corps. He died at Home on the 14th December 1916 aged 18. He was the son of K.G. Gordon of Seven Oaks, Kent and the late Thomas Gordon. He is buried in Ancroft ( St Anne ) Churchyard, Ancroft, Northumberland. He died after a flying accident in a B.E. 2E whilst with 63 Squadron During the War many more airmen were lost in accidents than in combat.
Second Lieutenant Bernard Vernon Gordon
- First World War
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Second Lieutenant Bernard Vernon Gordon, Royal Flying Corps. He was killed in a flying accident with 63 Squadron aged 18, on 14th December 1916 and is buried in Ancroft ( St Anne) Churchyard, Ancroft. He was the son of K.G. Gordon and the late Thomas Gordon of Linden Chase, Sevenoaks, Kent. He died whilst in training in a Squadron B.E. 2E , Serial No. 7244. 63 Squadron was formed at Stirling in August 1916 as a Training and a future Day Bombing Unit.
