Gordon Clarance Jamerson, 47th Battalion
Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1897, the son of Gordon Jamerson and Florence English. Florence remarried to William Duke and they came to settle in the Horseshoe Valley near Stillwater, BC, where they had a nice homestead. Because Gordon didn’t really live in Powell River as it was then, he was not included on its Cenotaph. For this reason I’d especially like to include him here. When he enlisted at Vancouver on Sept. 28, 1915, joining the 47th Battalion, his occupation was listed as a “rancher,” and his residence was listed as “Stillwater, BC.” He was killed on Nov. 11, 1916 in an attack near Courcelette, during the Battle of Ancre Heights. Gordon has no know grave and his name in commemorated on the Vimy Ridge Memorial. He was 19 years old.
Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1897, the son of Gordon Jamerson and Florence English. Florence remarried to William Duke and they came to settle in the Horseshoe Valley near Stillwater, BC, where they had a nice homestead. Because Gordon didn’t really live in Powell River as it was then, he was not included on its Cenotaph. For this reason I’d especially like to include him here. When he enlisted at Vancouver on Sept. 28, 1915, joining the 47th Battalion, his occupation was listed as a “rancher,” and his residence was listed as “Stillwater, BC.” He was killed on Nov. 11, 1916 in an attack near Courcelette, during the Battle of Ancre Heights. Gordon has no know grave and his name in commemorated on the Vimy Ridge Memorial. He was 19 years old.