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Gourley, Cyril Edward
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
Gourley, Cyril Edward
Date Of Birth
19 Jan 1893
Age
24
Birth Place
Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire
Nationality
British
Resided Place
Wavertree, Liverpool; Grayswood, Surrey, England
Date
30 Nov 1917
Date Of Death
30 Jan 1982
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"D" Battery, 276th (West Lancashire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Later Captain.
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Further gazette dates: 14/09/1917 (M.M.) Further gazette pages: 9607 (M.M.) Further Gazette issues: 30287 (M.M.)
Rank Name
Serjeant
Service Number
681886
Gazette Date
1918
Gazette Page
2004 (V.C.); Issue: 30523 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Little Priel Farm, east of Epehy, France; France and Flanders
Service
British Army
Regiment
Royal Field Artillery
Battalion
D Battery, 276th Brigade
Commemorated
Grayswood College, Chiddingfold, Surrey; Memorial College, West Kirby, Wirral, Lancashire
Place of Death
Haslemere, Surrey
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
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Military Medal (MM)
award
British War Medals WW1
award
Victory Medal
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
unit
Royal Field Artillery
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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