- SURNAME
Gurdon
- FORENAME
Robert Brampton (the Hon.) (Robin)
- UNIT
LRDG G2 Patrol
- RANK
Lieutenant
- NUMBER
99183
- DATE OF DEATH
13th July 1942
- AGE
38
- GRAVESITE
Alamein Memorial, Egypt Column 51
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 3 Bn Coldstream Guards
born 21.6.1904 London
resided Hertfordshire
son of Sir Bertram Francis Gurdon, KG, MC, 2nd Baron Cranworth of Letton & Cranworth and Lady(CBE) Cranworth (Vera Emily Ridley), Grundisburgh, Suffolk
husband the hon Daisy Yoskyl Consuelo (nee Pearson) Gurdon, Cotswold Park, Gloucestershire (married 20.1.1932)
(3 children (son Charles Harold Gurdon (1936-1945))
B.A. (Cantab)
joined LRDG February 1942
DOW received 12.7.1942 from enemy aircraft west of El Alamein
DATE OF DEATH:
13-Jul-1942WEB LINKS:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2769019/gurdon/https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5327
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14701800/robert-brampton-gurdon
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