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Memorial: M3219

Commemorative window at the Church of St John the Evangelist, Newtimber, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant W.H. Gordon RN d. 1893

Location

Church of St John the Evangelist, Newtimber, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of W.H. Gordon Lieut. R.N. H.M.S. Calypso who died of typhoid fever in hospital at Gibraltar Nov. 1 1893 / aged 22. Buried in the cemetery at Gibraltar where a memorial is erected to him by his brother Officers / Dedicated by his father A.P. Gordon, Rector'

Details

Type: Window; brass plate
Position: South wall
Vessel: HMS Calypso

People

Gordon, William Hunter
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1/11/1893
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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