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JORDON G.D<br />
Dover Marine<br />
Private G/26698 George Daniel JORDAN. 5 th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West <strong>Kent</strong><br />
Regiment). Formerly 2 nd Battalion. Drowned Iraq 1 st November 1918. Born Smeeth. Enlisted<br />
Ashford. Resided Ashford. George has no known grave. His name appears on the Basra<br />
Memorial, Basra, Iraq. Panel reference 29.<br />
George’s name also appears on the Ashford Railwayman Roll of Honour (Ashford Library). It<br />
states that George died by drowning. George was employed by the SE&CR before the outbreak<br />
of war.<br />
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –<br />
15 Romney Road, Willesborough<br />
Driver 330342 Edward William JORDAN. H.T, Army Service Corps.<br />
43 Romney Road, Willesborough<br />
Private 133017 James Thomas JORDAN. Machine Gun Corps.<br />
On the 31 st October 1918 the Turkish army agreed to an Armistice having been totally defeated.<br />
The 5 th battalion commanded by Colonel Frazer moved forward to Mosul. At this time there were<br />
only 17 officers and just over 400 men left in the field. It would appear that George probably died<br />
of disease (as most casualties did in this theatre).<br />
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