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Commission to be Ensign, 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot, 26 August 1813
A commission was a formal document issued to appoint an individual as an officer in the Army. It was usually signed on behalf of the sovereign. This one was granted to Hugh Gordon.
From a collection of papers relating to Lieutenant Hugh Gordon and the Napoleonic Wars.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1996-04-173-4
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1996-04-173-4