In Memory Of

CRAIG, GORDON ROBERT

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1887-10-21
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 7th Bn.
Regiment:
 Bedfordshire Regiment
Date of Death:
 1918-04-03
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received the previous day
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. K. 27.
Cemetery:
 NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Second son of Robert and Rose Craig, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa on 21st October 1887. He was educated at Kingswood College, Grahamstown and left South Africa at end of 1906 to study at Royal Dental Hospital, London. On his return, he was professional assistant to Everard Digby (dentist) in Johannesburg, then partner in Port Elizabeth in the practice, Roper and Craig. Gazetted as a Temporary 2/Lt on the 25th February 1917 and arrived with the battalion that summer, when he was posted to C Company. He was wounded on the 8th August 1917 but remained at duty and fought at Glencourse Wood on the 10th but finally fell mortally wounded on the 2nd April 1918. Gordon died the following day at a Casualty Clearing Station. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.