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Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army.
- Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum
- Major-General
- 1852–1885
Role In: Arrow War. Siege of Khartoum. Opium Wars. Charles George Gordon (born Jan. 28, 1833, Woolwich, near London, Eng.—died Jan. 26, 1885, Khartoum, Sudan) was a British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartoum against the Mahdists. Gordon, the son of an artillery officer, was ...
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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.
Gordon, fighting furiously with a revolver, was killed and beheaded outside the governor’s palace according to survivor accounts. It was a tragic, if hauntingly appropriate, end to a man who had lived by the sword for more than three decades.
Charles George Gordon, C.B. (January 28, 1833 – January 26, 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator. He is remembered for his exploits in China and northern Africa.
Home. Charles George Gordon. Soldier. 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:
Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army.
