Gordon Champion
Service number
4986788
Military unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
68 Linden Street, Mansfield.
Date of birth
29 Nov 1922
Date of death
18 Feb 1944 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
In 1939 he was working as an apprentice bricklayer.
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Family history
Son of Ernest Arthur and Fanny Champion, of 68 Linden Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
In 1921 Ernest Arthur was a licence victuller running the Carpenter's Arms on Newgate Lane. He employed his wife, son Ernset Arthur jnr and niece, Hilda Tonks. Ernest snr died in 1937.
Siblings: Charles (1897), Ernest Arthur (1903), George (1912), Stanley (1915), Madge (1920) and Mary (1924).
Military history
The 2nd Battalion was sent to North Africa in early 1943 and took part in the latter stages of the Tunisia Campaign. They took part in the landings at Anzio from 22nd January 1944 to 5th June 1944.
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Photographs
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