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Gordon, Colin MacFarlane

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 23 May 1895 - 15 September 1991

Biography

Colin Gordon joined No. 2 Stationary Hospital Unit in 1914, to be trained as a hospital orderly. He was sent to Cairo, then to Brockenhurst in England, then to France, where he was wounded. He was sent back to Brockenhurst to recover, and then back home at the end of the war.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Life of a hospital orderly in Cairo and England by Colin MacFarlane Gordon

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0442
Scope and Contents

Bound photocopied typescript titled Life of a hospital orderly in Cairo and England by Colin MacFarlane Gordon. Reminiscences written up in 1984 from the author's war diaries.

Dates: 1915-1916