Grave of Richard Archibald Gorges

Name: Richard Archibald Gorges

Number:

Rank: Captain

Unit: Royal Marine Artillery

Date of Death: 7 September 1870

Location: Lost At Sea

Country: Not known

Notes: Plaque formerly in St. Andrew's Church, Henderson Road, Eastney, Southsea. Captain R. A. Gorges was lost in the foundering of HMS 'Captain' 7 September, 1870. Inscription: ' He shall send down from on high to fetch me, and shall take me out of many waters '