General Charles Gordon, British soldier mb-code 42-47685619 In the foreground a water

In the foreground a water vessel can be seen on the River Thames

The sea front at Brighton 1st June 1968

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

showing fashionably-dressed figures strolling in St James's Park

The plate is inscribed: 'Samuel Delint

General Charles Gordon, British soldier mb-code 42-47685619 In the foreground a waterGeneral Charles Gordon, British soldier, late 19th or early 20th century. Known as 'Chinese Gordon' because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion, Charles George Gordon (1833 1885) was killed at Khartoum, Sudan, on 26 January 1885 when the forces of the Mahdi overwhelmed the city. Lantern slide.