- TITLE
- John Gordon of Muir of Ord
- EXTERNAL ID
- PC_WGORDON_002_065
- PLACENAME
- Muir of Ord
- DISTRICT
- Muir of Ord
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- ROSS: Urray
- PERIOD
- 1930s; 1940s
- SOURCE
- W Gordon
- ASSET ID
- 30405
- KEYWORDS
- Second World War
Prisoners of War
POWs

This photo, taken at Ord Cottage, Muir of Ord, around the time of World War II, shows Mr John Gordon. Mr Gordon was a signalman during the Second World. During his time in the Signals he served in Malaya and was captured by Japanese soldiers. He spent a period of three years as a prisoner of war before being repatriated in 1945. In later years he became the proprietor of the music shop 'The Record Rendezvous', located at Church Street in Inverness.