George Alexander Gourfinkel ( 30 JUN 1913 - 7 NOV 1943 )
Alias Alexander Alexander
Born:
30 JUN 1913 at Odessa, Ukraine
Source: 1939 Register
Wife: Thelma I Bain
Married:
1939 at Marylebone, London
Source: GRO
Children
Died:
7 NOV 1943 at Leeds, Yorkshire
Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Notes
As far as I know, my father was born in 1913 in Odessa, Ukraine.
Source: AL
6/10/1931 Naturalization
1937 - 1939 Electoral Roll
1939 Marriage
Bain, Thelma I to
Gourfinkel, Alexander
GRO S1939 - Marylebone 1a 2444
1939 Register
15/1/1943 Notice of Intent to Change Surname to Alexander
12/2/1943 Change of Surname by Deed Poll to Alexander
The reason my father changed his name to Alexander had nothing to do with the fact that his foreign surname might have been seen as a disadvantage but everything to do with the fact that my mother hated the name Gourfinkel
Source: AL
9/3/1943 The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts.:-
Household Cavalry.
30th Jan. 1943:-
L.G.
Alexander George Gourfinkel (261909)
....
Source: London Gazette
7/11/1943 Death
He was killed when his jeep crashed after returning to his base in Selby.
Source: AL
16/10/1951 Naturalization of Leon and Mireille Marie Louise Augustine Gourfinkel
Source: London Gazette
28/8/1964 Death of Father, Boris
Source: London Gazette
7/10/1966 Death of Mother, Sarah
Source: London Gazette
Memorial
TO DO PRO Naturalisation of Boris and Alexander Gourfinkel HO 144/13914 - Closed to 2032
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