Charles Staveley
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General Sir Charles William Dunbar Staveley was a British Army officer.
Sir Charles William Dunbar Staveley
Sir C. Staveley and staff during the British Expedition to Abyssinia
Memorial plaque at Capel Le Fern, Kent.
Charles George Gordon
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Major-General Charles George Gordon CB, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum and General Gordon, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean Wa
Charles Staveley
…officer to replace the American Burgevine as commander of the disciplined Chinese force which had been formed by Frederick Townsend Ward. Staveley named Charles George Gordon, who had been chief engineer under him in the recent operations, and had surveyed all the country around Shanghai. They had served together before…
Gordon between 1878 and 1885
Gordon, from a photograph taken shortly after the Crimean War.
A scene of the Taiping Rebellion. Estimates of the war dead from the Taiping Rebellion range from 20 to 70 million to as high as 100 million.
General Gordon in Egyptian uniform.