David Gordon Obituary

David Gordon Obituary by WhitWay

February 2, 2012, 3:24 pm
Filed under: general

It is with great sadness that the club has been informed of the passing of one of our founder members, David Gordon.

David Gordon who founded the present Whitchurch Wayfarers Cricket Club died in Bristol on 27th January 2012 aged 84. He was son of G.S.S. Gordon M.C. and Mrs Marjorie Beaver of Whitchurch House, born on 17th August 1927. He was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders for national service and finished his military service as a captain in charge of a large number of Holocaust survivors in Cyprus trying to enter Palestine. Following studying at Kings College Cambridge he spent a year at the Sorbonne University in Paris but after the death of his stepfather Noel Beaver he returned to Whitchurch House in 1949. In 1949/50 as a keen cricketer he decided to try to establish a cricket club on a field of the grounds of Whitchurch House. From very modest beginnings the Wayfarers have developed into a very successful club with a new pavilion and a long fixture list for several XIs.

David took over farming at Whitchurch House and also farmed at Tuxton Farm Plympton as well as a considerable acreage near Two Bridges leased from the Duchy of Cornwall. He later moved to Clifton,Bristol but retained a strong interest in Whitchurch Wayfarers and was present when the club celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2010. He frequently came back to Whitchurch and to Dartmoor and never lost his love for the area.

He leaves a widow Caroline, 5 children and 5 grandchildren.

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