James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB (6 October 1782 – 8 January 1869) was a Royal Navy officer. As a volunteer, he fought at the Battle of Groix, at the Battle of the Glorious First of June and at the Battle of Cape St Vincent during the French Revolutionary Wars and then, as a midshipman, served under Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile. Gordon became commanding officer of the 28-gun frigate which took part of a hard-fought action between three British ships and the combined forces of a
Edward Thorne (naval officer) of the New Zealand Fire Service. He died in Auckland on 23 October 2013. In the 1972 New Year Honours, Thorne was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours. Edward Thorne (naval officer) Rear Admiral Edward Courtney "Ted" Thorne, (29 October 1923 – 23 October 2013) was a senior Royal New Zealand Navy officer. He rose to be Chief of Naval Staff and later served as the Commissioner of the New Zealand Fire Service. Thorne was born in Seatoun, Wellington,