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Catherine Jordan
Commodore (rank), Commodore Catherine Jordan, Royal Victorian Order, LVO (born October 1974) is a senior Royal Navy officer who currently serves as Head of the Royal Navy Culture Centre. In 2002 she became the first female Flight commander, Flight Commander in the Royal Navy and in 2022 she was one of the four captains involved in the first time women had been in command of all four of the Royal Navy's training establishments. Also in 2022, she led the Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage during the Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, state funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II. For this she was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in silver and became a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order. Early life Jordan was born in October 1974 and grew up in Easington, County Durham. She received her education at Wellfield School, Wellfield Community School in the nearby town of Wingate, County Durham, Wingate and Gordonstoun, Gordonstoun School, an Private schools in the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Durham
County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to the north, the North Sea to the east, North Yorkshire to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The largest settlement is Darlington. The county has an area of and a population of . The latter is concentrated in the east; the south-east is part of the Teesside urban area, which extends into North Yorkshire. After Darlington, the largest settlements are Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, and Durham, England, Durham. For Local government in England, local government purposes the county consists of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of County Durham (district), County Durham, Borough of Darlington, Darlington, Borough of Hartlepool, Hartlepool, and part of Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees. Durham Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
