John Gough
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Brigadier General Sir John Edmond Gough VC, KCB, CMG ( 25 October 1871- 22 February 1915), known as Johnnie Gough, was born in Muree, India and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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He was 31 years old, and a Brevet Major in The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), British Army during the Third Somaliland Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 22 April 1903 after the action at Daratoleh, Somaliland (now Somalia), Major Gough who was in charge of the column, came back to help two captains (William George Walker and George Murray Rolland) who were with a mortally wounded officer. They managed to get him on a camel, but he was wounded again and died immediately.
He was killed in action, Estaires, France, on 22 February 1915.
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Son of Major Charles John Stanley Gough, VC. Nephew of Lieutenant Hugh Henry Gough, VC. Younger brother of General Sir Hubert Gough
Later Sir John. He later achieved the rank of Brigadier General, and was Chief of Staff to General Haig's First Army. ADC to HM the King. Grave/memorial at Buried at Estaires Communal Cemetery, France. 7m SW of Armentieres. Plot II. Row A. Grave 7. Headstone.
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His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Green Jackets Museum (Winchester, England).
[edit] References
- Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
- Johnnie Gough, VC (Ian F.W. Beckett, 1989)
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
