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Charles George Gordon was born January 28, 1833, in Woolwich, England. The town was, appropriately enough, home to the Royal Military Academy. His father, Henry Gordon, was an indefatigable career officer who had served in a variety of posts, risen to the rank of general, and fathered 11 children.
Hace 2 días · Major General Charles George Gordon (known as Gordon of Khartoum) has a memorial in the north west tower chapel near the west entrance to Westminster Abbey. The mural monument of bronze is by Edward Onslow Ford and shows a bust of the General and inscribed ribbons below. The inscription reads: In memory of Charles-George Gordon. Born 1833.
21 de may. de 2018 · Gordon, Charles George (1833–85). British soldier and Christian mystic. After serving with distinction in the Crimean War (1853–6), Gordon gained public acclaim by his exploits in China (1860–5) where he showed his great talents as a military engineer and as commander of irregular troops in the defence of Shanghai during the Taiping rebellion.
Charles George Gordon var son till en generalmajor. Han genomgick Krigsakademien i Woolwich och mottog sin officersfullmakt 1852 som fänrik i ingenjörstrupperna. Gordon deltog sedan 1855-1856 som löjtnant i Krimkriget. Han biträdde 1856 - 1857 vid gränskommissionerna i Bessarabien och Armenien och utförde 1858 åter ett liknande uppdrag i ...
General Charles George Gordon. The Victorians glorified the hero Gordon of Khartoum. But the reality was considerably less clear-cut. In the early hours of Monday, January 26th, 1885, Major-General Charles Gordon was killed by Mahdist forces overrunning Khartoum. There are various versions as to how he met his death.
Charles Gordon was a famous general who took part in some of the most significant conflicts of the Victorian era, spanning three continents and earning him various sobriquets; his exploits would have lasting effects on people and places across the globe. General Charles Gordon. Born on 28th January 1833 into an army family in Woolwich, his ...
The British soldier Major-General Charles George Gordon, a former Governor-General of Sudan (1876–1879), was re-appointed to that post, with orders to conduct the evacuation. Gordon's views on Sudan were radically different from Gladstone's: Gordon felt that the Mahdi's rebellion had to be defeated before it gained control of the whole of Sudan.
