# The Gordons — Now It Can Be Told character guide

> The Gordons in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Gordons, Gordons, Young Gordons

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

The Gordon Highlanders regiment.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii)

A young soldier of the 8th Gordons criticizes Sir John French after the Battle of Loos.

### [Part III: The Nature of a Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/part-iii-the-nature-of-a-battle)

Young Scots of the Black Watch, Camerons, and Gordons are described as hard, lean, and clear-eyed, carrying souvenirs and telling tales of their exploits.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned indirectly as part of the New Army soldiers preparing for battle, though not explicitly named in the excerpt.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iv)

The 10th Gordons (later 8/10th) are mentioned as a battalion of Kitchener men from Edinburgh and Aberdeen, training for the attack.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vii)

The Black Watch of the 1st Division are described as hard, bronzed fellows with red heckle in their bonnets.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii)

The 8th Gordons are among the first into Loos; their Pipe Major is mortally wounded, and 'Honest John' saves German prisoners.

### [The Price of Victory at Loos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned among the young Scots of the Black Watch, Camerons, and Gordons who fought at Loos.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned among the heroes of Loos at the New Year's banquet.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xvi)

One of the regiments in the 3rd Division that led the assault on the Bluff on March 2nd.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as part of the 30th Division that captured Montauban and suffered heavy casualties.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii)

The Gordons are mentioned among the Scottish troops involved in the attack.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xi)

A Gordon officer in Franvillers delivers a monologue predicting the future use of hundreds of tanks; his fellow officers laugh at him.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xv)

The 8th–10th Gordons, whose officers display grim humor and stoic resignation in the face of war.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xviii)

Part of the 3rd Division (Yorkshires, Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Scots) earning the name 'Iron Division'.

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