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
Mary Talbot (naval officer) Mary Talbot (naval officer) Commandant Mary Irene Talbot, (17 February 1922 – 11 May 2012) was a British naval officer who served as Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) from 1973 to 1976. Talbot was born on 17 February 1922. She studied philosophy and economics at the University of Bristol, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. In November 1943, Talbot joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as a naval recruiting assistant. She undertook the officer training course in 1944, and she made an acting third officer (equivalent in rank to acting sub-lieutenant) with seniority