Gordon's statue in Woking

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General Charles Gordon (1833 - 1885) A statue of Gordon, seated on a camel, stands outside the Headquarters of the Royal School of Military Engineering in Chatham and was unveiled by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, in May 1890. A replica was cast in 1902 and, although initially placed in London, was moved to Khartoum later that year where it remained until 1958 when it was returned to this country and placed at the Gordon Boys School in Woking. A window in Rochester is dedicated to ...