and the lane renamed Gourley's Lane in his honour. The gardens created by the Gourley family have now been redeveloped as a small housing estate. During the Second World War, Gourley was a firewatcher in Liverpool. In 1952, he moved to Haslemere, Surrey, where he died on 31 January 1982. He is buried in Grange Cemetery, West Kirby, Wirral. Gourley never married. The Trustees of The Cyril Edward Gourley Victoria Cross Endowment, Registered Charity 525987, set up in his honour after the First World War from local donations, provide grants to University Students who attended schools, or reside in the Hoylake and West Kirby area, subject to certain conditions. The medal His Victoria Cross, along with his other medals which include the Croix de Guerre, is held by the Royal Artillery Museum. Footnotes References Further reading Anon, History of the 359 (4th West Lancs.) Medium Regiment R.A. (T.A.) 1859–1959, Liverpool: 359 Medium Regiment, 1959. Rev J. O. Coop, The Story of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division, Liverpool: Daily Post Printers, 1919/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, . Gen Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986, . Norman E. H. Litchfield, The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges), Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, . External links Location of grave and VC medal (Cheshire) 1893 births 1982 deaths Royal Field Artillery soldiers Royal Field Artillery officers British Army personnel of World War I British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Recipients of the Military Medal Victoria Cross awardees from Liverpool Alumni of the University of Liverpool People educated at Calday Grange Grammar School Burials in Merseyside