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Colonel Gordon mortally wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon KCB (1786–1815), was a British Army officer who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. He was ADC to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for six years, until he was killed. He was mortally wounded while rallying Brunswickers near La Haye Sainte, and died in Wellington's own camp bed in his headquarters during the night. History of the French Revolution, and of the wars produced by that ... event ...; and the ... Battle of Waterloo. London : T. Kelly, 1820-22. Source: 9525.f.1 volume 2 plate opposite page 51.