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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|main alias = | |main alias = | ||
|image = | |image = Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart The Man from Yesterday.jpg | ||
|species = Human | |species = Human | ||
|job = Wing Commander | |job = Wing Commander | ||
|affiliation = Royal Air Force | |affiliation = Royal Air Force | ||
|origin =Carmunnock, Scotland | |origin = Carmunnock, Scotland | ||
|birth date = [[1902]] | |||
|grandparent = Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart | |||
|father = Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart | |father = Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart | ||
|adoptive father = Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart | |mother = Lillian Lethbridge-Stewart | ||
|adoptive father = Alistair Conall Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart | |||
|spouse = Mary Gore | |spouse = Mary Gore | ||
|brother = Matthew Lethbridge-Stewart | |brother = Matthew Lethbridge-Stewart | ||
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|first mention = The Dying Days (novel) | |first mention = The Dying Days (novel) | ||
|first =The Forgotten Son (novel) | |first =The Forgotten Son (novel) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Cowpats and Comfort (short story)|Cowpats and Comfort]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[What's Past is Prologue (short story)|What's Past is Prologue]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man from Yesterday (novel)|The Man from Yesterday]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dinner Party (short story)|The Dinner Party]]''}} | |||
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[ | }} | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was believed to be the son of [[Alistair Conall Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wages of Sin (novel)|The Wages of Sin]]'') and was the father of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] and [[James Lethbridge-Stewart|Gordon James Lethbridge-Stewart]]. | |||
== Biography == | |||
=== Childhood === | |||
He was born in [[1902]], following a secret tryst between [[Lillian Lethbridge-Stewart]] and her brother-in-law, [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|Archibald Lethbridge-Stewart]], and raised in [[Carmunnock]], [[Lanarkshire]] in [[Scotland]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'', ''[[What's Past is Prologue (short story)|What's Past is Prologue]]'') He could remember reading about the [[Wright brothers]]' first [[aeroplane|flight]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') | |||
=== Youth === | |||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was believed to be the son of [[Alistair | |||
In [[1917]], he attempted to lie his way into joining the war effort, after making a pact with his brother, but was found out. When seeing Gordon next to his uncle, [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|Archibald]], Alistair was concerned that they looked so alike, and was glad that Gordon had not worked out why. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What's Past is Prologue (short story)|What's Past is Prologue]]'') During his teen years he began to suspect he was Archibald's son, but it wasn't until the mid-1930s that he finally had it confirmed after a few shared pints with Archibald. He agreed to keep the secret. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Note (short story)|The Note]]'') | In [[1917]], he attempted to lie his way into joining the war effort, after making a pact with his brother, but was found out. When seeing Gordon next to his uncle, [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|Archibald]], Alistair was concerned that they looked so alike, and was glad that Gordon had not worked out why. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What's Past is Prologue (short story)|What's Past is Prologue]]'') During his teen years he began to suspect he was Archibald's son, but it wasn't until the mid-1930s that he finally had it confirmed after a few shared pints with Archibald. He agreed to keep the secret. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Note (short story)|The Note]]'') | ||
=== Married life === | |||
Gordon married [[Mary Gore]] in the early [[1920s]] and moved to the [[Cornwall|Cornish]] village of [[Bledoe]] shortly after. There he and Mary had two sons. The first, born in [[1925]], was called [[James Lethbridge-Stewart|James]] after Mary's father, and the second, born in [[1929]], was called Alistair after Gordon's father. | Gordon married [[Mary Gore]] in the early [[1920s]] and moved to the [[Cornwall|Cornish]] village of [[Bledoe]] shortly after. There he and Mary had two sons. The first, born in [[1925]], was called [[James Lethbridge-Stewart|James]] after Mary's father, and the second, born in [[1929]], was called Alistair after Gordon's father. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') | ||
Alistair recalled one time, when his father brought home a piece of [[Bakelite (material)|Bakelite]] to show his children. It was like [[moonrock]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') Alistair once claimed his father told him, "Alistair, in life as on the field of battle, there are old soldiers, and then there are bold soldiers. But there are very few old bold soldiers." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Old Soldiers (CC audio story)|Old Soldiers]]'') | Alistair recalled one time, when his father brought home a piece of [[Bakelite (material)|Bakelite]] to show his children. It was like [[moonrock]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') Alistair once claimed his father told him, "Alistair, in life as on the field of battle, there are old soldiers, and then there are bold soldiers. But there are very few old bold soldiers." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Old Soldiers (CC audio story)|Old Soldiers]]'') | ||
His eldest son died in [[March]] [[1938]] while Gordon was away on mission, but he was allowed a few days leave to return home to bury James. A couple of days later he wrote a letter to his father, revealing that he knew the truth about Archibald. However, he did not give the letter to Alistair Snr, but rather the family solicitor, with orders to pass it on to Alistair in the event of his death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Note (short story)|The Note]]'') | His eldest son died in [[March]] [[1938]] while Gordon was away on mission, but he was allowed a few days leave to return home to bury James. A couple of days later he wrote a letter to his father, revealing that he knew the truth about Archibald. However, he did not give the letter to Alistair Snr, but rather the family solicitor, with orders to pass it on to Alistair in the event of his death. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Note (short story)|The Note]]'') | ||
=== World War II === | |||
He served in the [[Royal Air Force]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]], and was officially listed as Missing in Action in [[1945]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') According to another account, Alistair Jr. recalled that his father had died in the [[Sahara]], fighting [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] alongside [[Bernard Montgomery|Montgomery]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') Like many others lost during the war, Gordon was honoured with a white cross in the graveyard of [[Bledoe Parish Church]], which remained there until at least the late [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'') | |||
It was during his memorial service on [[9 May]] [[1945]], that Alistair Snr received the note Gordon had written in 1938. Encouraged by the idea that despite knowing the truth, Gordon died thinking of Alistair Snr as his real father, Alistair decided it was time to confront Archibald and perhaps reveal the family secret to their children and grandchildren. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Note (short story)|The Note]]'') | |||
=== In the Realm of Light === | |||
Gordon was transported to another dimension, the [[Realm of Light]], by the [[Sylphine]]s to help fight in their war against the [[Nixxine Horde]]. [[Glenn Miller]], a [[Siccati]] and a [[Valethske]] also fought with him. He fought there for twenty five years. When two Sylphine fled the war to Earth, Gordon was taken with them. Upon arrival he found that he had lost his memory of the years following his disappearance. He was briefly reunited with Alistair, before being abducted by a version of his son from another universe, [[James Lethbridge-Stewart (Inferno Earth)|James Gore]]. Gore interrogated him for knowledge on how to cross over into the Realm of Light. Escaping Gore, Gordon found his way back to Alistair. When the two escaped Sylphines were reunited, Gordon chose to return to the Realm of Light, realising that by winning the conflict there he would keep the Earth safe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man from Yesterday (novel)|The Man from Yesterday]]'') | Gordon was transported to another dimension, the [[Realm of Light]], by the [[Sylphine]]s to help fight in their war against the [[Nixxine Horde]]. [[Glenn Miller]], a [[Siccati]] and a [[Valethske]] also fought with him. He fought there for twenty five years. When two Sylphine fled the war to Earth, Gordon was taken with them. Upon arrival he found that he had lost his memory of the years following his disappearance. He was briefly reunited with Alistair, before being abducted by a version of his son from another universe, [[James Lethbridge-Stewart (Inferno Earth)|James Gore]]. Gore interrogated him for knowledge on how to cross over into the Realm of Light. Escaping Gore, Gordon found his way back to Alistair. When the two escaped Sylphines were reunited, Gordon chose to return to the Realm of Light, realising that by winning the conflict there he would keep the Earth safe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Man from Yesterday (novel)|The Man from Yesterday]]'') | ||
=== Legacy === | |||
When meeting his own older self on the day he moved into [[UNIT HQ|his forces' new HQ]], a young Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart briefly confused him for the [[ghost]] of his father, who was, by then, deceased. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
* ''[[Memories of Tomorrow (audio story)|Memories of Tomorrow]]'' implies that in his old age, the Brigadier's (unnamed) father looked much like the older Brigadier himself, with "the same tall, wiry build, the caterpillar-like moustache, and the unmistakable military bearing despite the heavy civilian overcoat". ''[[The Man from Yesterday (novel)|The Man from Yesterday]]'' instead illustrated Gordon with a [[beard]] and a fairly different facial structure from his son's. | |||
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