Memorials and Monuments formerly in the Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth (Sir John William Gordon)

Location
At the English Heritage store, Fort Brockhurst, Gosport [EH Ref No. 87900135]. The plaque was originally sited beneath the more northerly window in the west wall of the nave.

Description
The memorial is in the form of a metal plate which is now very dirty and only barely legible.

Memorial
Memorial to Sir John William Gordon

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
MAJOR GENERAL SIR JOHN WILLIAM GORDON K.C.B.
ROYAL ENGINEERS
DIED FEBRUARY 8 1870 AGE 55
THE ABOVE WINDOW IS A GIFT OF FRIENDS

Further Information
The 1873 Guide to the church says that Sir J William Gordon took from the beginning the liveliest interest in the restoration of this church; indeed it may be said that, had he not united with the Lieutenant Governor Lord William Paulet, the General of the District, and as Commanding Engineer supported his Lordship in his strong appeal to the War Department, the work would never have been done.

Memorials & Monumentsformerly in the Royal Garrison Church- Sir John William Gordon -

Memorials & Monuments
formerly in the Royal Garrison Church
- Sir John William Gordon -