Lt.-Col. William Gordon Cameron

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William Gordon Cameron (1827-1913)

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

He was a British soldier and colonial administrator.

William Gordon Cameron was commissioned into the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot in 1844.[1][2] He transferred to the Grenadier Guards in 1847.[1] In 1853 he was deployed to the Crimean War and took part in the Battle of Alma.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 3rd Regiment of the King's German Legion in 1855.[1]

In 1867 he became Commanding Officer of 1st Bn 4th King's Own Royal Regiment and led the capture of Magdala in Ethiopia.[1]

In 1875 he became commander of a Brigade at Gibraltar and in 1875 of a Brigade at Aldershot.[1] In April 1881 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District.[1] Then in 1884 he became Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.[1] He governed Hong Kong in a period between April 1887 to October 1887.[3]

From January 1891 to December 1892 and then again in May to July 1894 he was Administrator of the Cape Colony.[4] He retired in 1895.[1]

Cameron Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon was named for Cameron.

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British Army Service Records

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• First name(s) William Gordon
• Last name Cameron
• Birth year -
• Year 1810-70
• Regiment Grenadier Guards
• Regiment / service number as transcribed Grenadier Or 1st Foot Guards
• Pension date 1 10 1831
• Series WO 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: admission books, registers, and papers 1702-1876
• Archive The National Archives
• Archive reference WO 23
• Piece number 83
• Piece description Register of awards. Indexed
• Year range 1810-1870
• Record set British Army Service Records
• Category Military, armed forces & conflict
• Subcategory Service Records Other information - Wounded 18th June 1815, Waterloo; Loss of an Arm - Died 26 May 1856
  

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England & Wales deaths 1837-2007

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• First name(s) WILLIAM GORDON
• Last name CAMERON
• Gender Male
• Birth day -
• Birth month -
• Birth year -
• Age -
• Death quarter 2
• Death year 1856
• District CHRISTCHURCH
• County Hampshire
• Volume 2B
• Page 327
  

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• Date 27/10/1860
• First name(s) William Gordon - Major
• Last name Cameron
• Birth year -
• Year 1872-77
• Regiment 4th Foot
• Regiment / service number as transcribed 4 Foot
• Series WO 23 - Royal Hospital Chelsea: admission books, registers, and papers 1702-1876
• Archive The National Archives
• Archive reference WO 23
• Piece number 85
• Piece description Register of payments.
• Year range 1872-1877
• Record set British Army Service Records

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Army List August 1878

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• First name(s) William Gordon
• Last name Cameron
• Year 1878
• Regiment Guards And Line Unattached Pay - Major Generals