Gordon Graham Donaldson
Encyclopedia
Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Graham Donaldson was a senior officer in the British Army
who died as a result of illness contracted during the disastrous Walcheren Campaign
in 1809. He was commissioned in the 1st Foot Guards (the Grenadier Guards
). There is a memorial to him in the Guards Officers Memorial at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
who died as a result of illness contracted during the disastrous Walcheren Campaign
Walcheren Campaign
The Walcheren Campaign was an unsuccessful British expedition to the Netherlands in 1809 intended to open another front in the Austrian Empire's struggle with France during the War of the Fifth Coalition. Around 40,000 soldiers, 15,000 horses together with field artillery and two siege trains...
in 1809. He was commissioned in the 1st Foot Guards (the Grenadier Guards
Grenadier Guards
The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...
). There is a memorial to him in the Guards Officers Memorial at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks.