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.
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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force BT, GCB, OBE, AFC. Born Cheltenham. Died at h...
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