ABERDEEN MUSEUM DISPLAYS MILITARY CROSS MEDAL

An Aberdeen museum has acquired a rare medal and letter awarded to a World War 1 hero.

Captain Ronald Keith Gordon of The Gordon Highlanders was awarded the Military Cross for his conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.

During the last months of World War 1, Gordon – who lived from 1895 to 1933 – led his company against a railway embankment over nearly a mile of exposed ground and under fire.

Captain RK Gordon served in the 3rd Reserve and then in the 1st Gordons during the First World War.

His brother, Captain Kenneth Speirs Gordon MC, who lived from 1894 to 1934 and was also a Gordon Highlander, earned the award for bravery in July 1916 for his duty at The Battle of the Somme.

Nearly 100 years after it was presented to Captain Ronald Keith Gordon, the medal and documents are now at the Gordon Highlanders Museum, which currently holds a number of the other 258 Military Crosses.

The Military Crosses were instituted on December 31, 1914, and were awarded to captains, officers and those in other ranks.

The Friends of the Gordon Highlanders Museum financed the purchase of the World War 1 medal and letter for the museum’s collection.

To read the complete article, see:
WORLD WAR 1 HERO’S MEDAL ADDED TO GORDON HIGHLANDERS MUSEUM COLLECTION (https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/world-war-1-heros-medal-added-gordon-highlanders-museum-collection/)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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