Gordon Finley Ross

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164174, 772701

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Paris Congregational Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Paris, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Paris, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Paris, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machinist

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX December 11, 1916

Private Gordon Finley Ross of the 125th Battalion, son of Mr. James Ross, is reported seriously ill having been in the hospital for ten weeks.

BX February 26, 1917

Private Gordon Finley Ross went overseas with the 125th Battalion and was invalided home.

BX July 13, 1972

Gordon Finley Ross

ROSS – At the Brantford General Hospital, on Wednesday, July 12, 1972, Gordon F. (Scotty) Ross, in his 79th year, of 40 McMurray Street, Mr. Ross was a veteran of the First World War. Father of Douglas of Hamilton, Gordon of Mississauga; brother of Mrs. William J. (Stella) Stephens, Mrs. Leola Horsley, both of Paris; Mrs. Mary Kerr of Preston and Robert of Toronto; also, 9 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren. Resting at Hill and Robinson Limited, Funeral Home, Nelson and Queen Streets, until Friday. Service in the chapel 3:30 p.m. Interment Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. John MacCallum will officiate.