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Charles John Stanley Gough. General Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, VC , GCB ( / ɡɒf / GOF; 28 January 1832 – 6 September 1912) was a senior British Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Aug 9, 2023 · General Charles John Stanley Gough. is on the. Wikitree Roll of Honor. Charles Gough VC GCB was awarded the Victoria Cross. General Sir Charles John Stanley was born in 1832. He was the son of George Gough . He was awarded the Victoria Cross on 21 October 1859 for gallantry during the Indian Mutiny [1] . In 1869 he married Harriette De la Poer ...
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- January 28, 1832
- Harriette Anastatia (De la Poer) Gough
- September 6, 1912
Gough, Sir Charles John Stanley (1832–1912), British army general and VC, was born 28 January 1832 at Chittagong, India (latterly Bangladesh), second son of George Gough (1802–89) of Rathronan House, Co. Tipperary, of the Bengal civil service and judge of the high court of the East India Company, and his wife Charlotte Margaret, daughter of Charles Becher of Tonbridge, Kent, England.
On the 15th, during an attack on some of the rebels who had barricaded themselves in a house at Khurkowdah, near Rohtak, Lieutenant C J S Gough saved the life of his brother, Lieutenant H H Gough VC. On 18 August rebels attacked Hodson’s force at Rohtak but were beaten off. At the beginning of 1858 Hodson and his men were part of the force ...
Charles John Stanley Gough. General Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, VC GCB ( / ɡɒf / gof; 28 January 1832 – 6 September 1912) was a senior British Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
5 th Bengal European Cavalry. Major Charles John Stanley Gough. Date of Acts of Bravery, 15 th and 18 th August, 1857, and 27 th January, and 23 rd February, 1858. First, for gallantry in an affair at Khurkowdah, Cavalry Gough near Rhotuck, on the 15th of August, 1857, in which he saved his brother, who was wounded, and killed two of the Enemy.
GOUGH, Sir CHARLES JOHN STANLEY (1832–1912), general, the second son of George Gough, Bengal civil service, of Rathronan, Clonmel, co. Tipperary, by his wife, Charlotte Margaret, daughter of Charles Becher, of Tonbridge, Kent, was born at Chittagong, India, 28 January 1832. Family tradition destined the boy to a soldier
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