Gilbert Elliot Harrison

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Lieutenant Gilbert Elliot Harrison, (6 August, 1851 – 3 September, 1889) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Harrison was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 2 July, 1875.

He was awarded the Egyptian Medal in 1882.

Harrison died at Easington Rectory in Durham from the effects of a fever he'd contracted on service on the Mediterranean coast of Africa while in command of the gunboat Bramble.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Bramble
21 Oct, 1887[1] – 15 May, 1889
Succeeded by
Frederick G. C. Langdon

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 199.