Vessel Loss

Memorial: M6295

Wall tablet at Church of the Holy Trinity, Orton Longueville commemorating Lord Lewis Gordon d. 1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’

Location

Church of the Holy Trinity, Orton Longueville, Northamptonshire, England

Transcript

'LORD / LEWIS GORDON, / BORN 3, MAY 1848 / LOST IN H.M.S. / "CAPTAIN" / SEPT. 7TH. 1870.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South Wall of Chancel
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Captain

People

Gordon, Lewis
Age: 22
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Son of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly.
Recorder: Barry Fisher 2011

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