Colonel John Gordon

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colonel_John_Gordon
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:birth_date 1832-02-06
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Gordon_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Gordon_Highlanders
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Crimean_War
gptkb:Second_Anglo-Afghan_War
gptkbp:death_date 1904-01-09
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst
gptkbp:fought_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippines
gptkb:Battle_of_Manila
gptkb:Battle_of_Balaclava
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkb:Battle_of_Ypres
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Guam
gptkb:Battle_of_Maiwand
gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Verdun
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Gallipoli
gptkb:Siege_of_Khartoum
gptkb:Battle_of_Omdurman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colonel John Gordon
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Duke_of_Wellington
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:military_leadership
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Gordon's_War
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Aberdeen,_Scotland
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_Sir_Archibald_Campbell
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel
gptkb:Colonel
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:service_years 1852-1904
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Gordon
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_Sir_William_F._Butler
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Glenshiel
gptkb:Gordon_Highlanders
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5