Naval officer. Born Aberdeenshire. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death. 75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB
Commemorated ati
Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Ian Fleming
Writer. Born Ian Lancaster Fleming at 27 Green Street, Mayfair. Christopher Lee was his step-cousin. He worked as a foreign correspondent with Reuters in Moscow, and was a senior naval intelligence...
Person, Armed Forces, Literature, Seriously Famous, Jamaica, Russia
1 memorial
Serjeant Percival John Redgell
Percival John Redgell was born in 1892 the youngest of the three children of Alfred Harper Redgell (1860-1910) and Harriet Annie Redgell née Jones (1866-1892). His birth was registered in the 3rd q...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ernest Herbert Pitcher, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 8 August 1917, age 28, while serving in the Royal Navy. "With his ship under attack from an enemy submarine he continued to man his gun and direct effective fire. ...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
T. Sexton
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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