Edward Gorringe

Bank: London County & Westminster Bank

Place of work: Oxford branch

Died: 5 September 1918

Edward Clifton Gorringe was born on 26 September 1886, the son of Frank Gorringe and his wife Mary. In December 1903, when he was 17 years old, Gorringe went to work for London & County Bank. In 1909 London & County Bank merged with London & Westminster Bank, and Gorringe became an employee of the enlarged London County & Westminster Bank.

In January 1915 Gorringe left his job as a clerk at the bank's Oxford branch to join the army. By 1918 he was a Captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment, and had been awarded the Military Cross. Captain Gorringe was killed in action in France on 5 September 1918. He was 31 years old.

Edward Gorringe is commemorated on a bank war memorial at NatWest Oxford branch.