Gordon married Myra Bright in 1943 in Surrey, England.[2] They had one son: Richard Gordon (b. 1944, d. 1985).
Gordon enlisted to fight in the 2nd World War. He attained the rank of Sergeant with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Service Number: 7263936
Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q. 6th Airborne Division.
He was a Prisoner of War at Stalag XII-D at Waldbreitbach, Rhineland-Palatinate. POW Number: 70486[3]
Tragically he was killed in action at the battle of Normandy, France on D-Day, 6 June 1944. He was aged just 21.
Burial
La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres-la-Delivrande, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. PLOT: IX. A. 9.[4]
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3Z-8ZQ2 : 2 October 2014), Gordon Harris, 1923; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
↑ UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 Ancestry.com
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56480920/gordon-harris), memorial page for Sgt Gordon Harris (unknown–6 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial no. 56480920, citing La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres-la-Delivrande, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France ; Maintained by War Graves (contributor 6)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gordon by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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