Gordon Gordon-Smith

[MonicaL]

There is a thought...

He remarried c. 1920 as he shows as c.10yrs married to Lillian (Lee?) in 1930.

Not seen Gordon really in the censuses from 1891-1911 so far.

Monica

[jonw65]

Gordon single on the 1920 manifest (which said born London!)
Has a W in 1917
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TF-GTKK?i=57&cc=1368704

SMITH.—On Feb. 4, 1940, very suddenly at Uplawmoor, MARGARET JANE MURE GORDON SMITH, eldest surviving daughter of the late Gordon Smith, writer, Glasgow.

[rosie17]

There is a thought...

He remarried c. 1920 as he shows as c.10yrs married to Lillian (Lee?) in 1930.

Not seen Gordon really in the censuses from 1891-1911 so far.

Monica

Yes seen that Monica says he was 23 years old on first marriage ..but where

Rosie

[MonicaL]

A son, Gordon Smith (Jnr) son of Capt Gordon Gordon-Smith, Serbian Army. He died during WW1 in Belgium 1918. His address 22 Upper Westbourne Terrace, Middlesex.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/478898/gordon-smith,-/

www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/Capt%20G%20Gordon-Smith.html

Monica

[jonw65]

Was wondering if she could have been a first wife of Gordon Gordon -Smith

Not if he was widowed in 1917.

Possible Lillian L Cooper in Washington in 1920, born Dist of Columbia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R63-2NC?i=8&cc=1488411

1900 with parents, both born Virginia
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTFS-Y19?cc=1325221

[rosie17]

Was wondering if she could have been a first wife of Gordon Gordon -Smith

Not if he was widowed in 1917.

Was referring to Margot Gordon Smith

Rosie

[jonw65]

Sorry I thought Margot was in Serbia in 1919.
I also thought she was Miss Margot Gordon Smith.

I shall butt out.

[rosie17]

Sorry I thought Margot was in Serbia in 1919.
I also thought she was Miss Margot Gordon Smith.

I shall butt out.

Sorry my mistake just read the first post with the date 1919  Time for  bed 

Rosie

[MonicaL]

Its only a wee WW1 plaque on the wall of one of our local churches- But what stories could it tell ?

The research into the fallen of WW1 for the district continues to unearth outstanding stories of Bravery.

Second Lieutenant, British RFC Pilot, Norman Gordon-Smith of Uplawmoor-Neilston Parish

Norman was born Berlin, Germany on the 31st of Aug 1893, To British parents, The Son of Gordon Gordon-Smith and Elisabeth Gordon-Smith (nee Petrie).He was educated at Glasgow Academy High School.

Norman Gordon-Smith served in the Highland Light Infantry, he transferred from them to the newly formed Royal Flying Corps which was born from various groups involved in experimental air sections in 1912, when the development of aviation created a need for an official military air Corps.....

.....Both British Lieutenants were accorded full military honours at their funerals in Oostcamp Churchyard and a high tribute was paid by the enemy to the two British airmen for their bravery in the battle. The Germans marked out a well decorated grave for both men with The tail end of their aeroplane being used as the original grave marker. Later they where moved to Cement House. Cemetery and buried side by side- just as they had died.

Lest We Forget

Matt

Neilston War Memorial Association

(Normans Brother, Gordon Gordon-Smith was also killed during WW1 on the 24th October 1918 )

www.facebook.com/241406065911329/posts/its-only-a-wee-ww1-plaque-on-the-wall-of-one-of-our-local-churches-but-what-stor/2381141605271087/

www.findagrave.com/memorial/11156373/norman-gordon-smith