Gordon Lawson

Gordon Lawson

[Private Gordon Lawson was a U.S. resident who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in WWI.]

*No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: 7/15/1883, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Address: 8012 Decker Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: completed the Canadian Attestation papers at age 34 on 10/2/1917 at London, Ontario; married; Caucasian; religion Presbyterian; occupation Stone Setter; per 1908 Cleveland City Directory occupation Cementer; per 1910 Census occupation Bricklayer; reported having previously served four years in a volunteer battalion of the Gordon Highlanders

Appearance: Height 5'8," Complexion ruddy, Eyes grey, Hair dark brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: Canadian Attestation date 10/2/1917; rank Private

Marriage and Children: married 1907 in Cuyahoga County, OH to Jessie Copland Lawson (1878-1960), born Scotland, emigrated ~1907, son Alexander F. "Alex" Lawson (1908-1983), whose occupation Bricklayer was the same as his father's, mother and son buried at McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, OH; Private Gordon Lawson's widow appears to have not remarried

Service Number: 2355430

Deployment: deployment records not found

Action: 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)