Bourner, Gordon H
Private Gordon H Bourner
Family/Last name:
BournerForename(s) and initial(s):
Gordon HPlace of birth:
Hastings, East Sussex, EnglandDate of birth:
24/6/1919Nationality:
Service number:
6403285Military Unit:
Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
AmiensDate of capture:
20/5/1940POW number:
722Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (WO416 records transcribed by and held at the UK National Archives. Data processed and prepared by Rick Catt and Brian Cooper + Relative's report)From Linda Neaves nee Bourner. 21/05/2024
Gordon Bourner, my father, was captured at Amiens on 20th May 1940. He became a POW until he escaped at the end of 1944. He reached Odessa in early March 1945, where he was able to board a repatriation ship.
In the 1980s he wrote an account of his war experience. Since my mother died in 2021 we have found further details. i.e. all the camps he stayed in, photos and letters. He died aged 77 yrs in 1996.
Discharge Letter 20240601 0001
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Gordon was my grandfather, and a gentle spirit. He and his wife Joan were both true war heros and we miss them both greatly.