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those devils win.'" "Through
Johnnie's death Haig lost a sounding board which was highly constructive yet far from uncritical. Had Johnnie gone on to command a division then it seems almost certain that, as predicted by so many contemporaries, he would have risen much further in the army. Johnnie was a convinced 'westerner' in strategic terms and a 'fighting general'. The army high command's commitment to the Western Front and to strategic offensives on that front would not have changed had Johnnie lived, but as he had demonstrated in his Staff College days he was a supreme realist and the conduct of these offensives might well have been modified by his influence with and, especially, by his ability to relate to Douglas Haig."
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by a chance ricochet of a German bullet which mortally wounded him. The event was an unlucky one as the bullet that struck him was thought to have been a single shot fired from approximately 1000 yards away from somewhere in the German lines. He was conveyed to the 25th Field
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This letter is sent by all the
Dervishes, the Amir, and all the Dolbahanta to the Ruler of Berbera ... We are a Government, we have a Sultan, an Amir, and Chiefs, and subjects ... (reply) In his last letter the Mullah pretends to speak in the name of the Dervishes, their Amir (himself), and the
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on the morning of Sunday 22 March 1914, where Hubert confirmed that he would have obeyed a direct order to move against the Ulster population. Johnnie was in the War Office on 23 March, when
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to luncheon at its H.Q.'s
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John Gough, second from right, talking to
Brigadier-General E M Percival. Also in picture are Lieutenant-General Douglas Haig and Major-General Charles Monro. France 1914
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in 1857. This gave the family the rare distinction of holding the VC simultaneously by father, brother and (father's) son. He was also the younger brother of
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divisions. This appointment was due to commence sometime in March 1915 and would have entailed his promotion to the rank of
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781:'Johnnie Gough, V.C.' by Ian F. W. Beckett (1989), p.194.
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276:Gough, known as "Johnnie", was the son of General
201:Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
481:, Gough was chosen to command one of the British
296:on the Western Front during the First World War.
951:British military personnel killed in World War I
573:; his Victoria Cross medal is displayed at the
550:replaced his brother as Haig's sounding board.
542:, described John Gough as "a twentieth-century
284:, both of whom won Victoria Crosses during the
457:Command would resign if Hubert were punished.
374:Gough was 31 years old, and a brevet major in
981:British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
941:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
861:(Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)
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931:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
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1006:Academics of the Staff College, Camberley
1001:Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
961:British Army personnel of the Mahdist War
197:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
946:British recipients of the Victoria Cross
842:Command and Control on the Western Front
376:The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
309:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
865:Beckett, Ian Frederick William (1989).
761:"The Gazette hall of fame – John Gough"
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986:Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
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840:Sheffield, Gary; Todman, Dan (2004).
638:"Naval & Military intelligence".
327:from 1899 until 1902, and received a
323:on 5 December 1898, he served in the
299:Gough was, after graduating from the
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767:. Government of the United Kingdom.
996:Military personnel of British India
859:Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross
575:Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
895:The Register of the Victoria Cross
884:Commonwealth War Graves Commission
808:Sheffield & Todman 2004, p.76.
670:The Scramble in the Horn of Africa
311:on 12 March 1892, and promoted to
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437:who had no wish to be part of an
301:Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1016:British people in colonial India
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260:officer and a recipient of the
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653:"The Somaliland Operations".
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738:Lives of the First World War
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475:British Expeditionary Force
380:Third Somaliland Expedition
370:Award of the Victoria Cross
364:Third Somaliland Expedition
172:Third Somaliland Expedition
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292:(1870–1963), who led the
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164:1898 Occupation of Crete
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319:(1898–99). Promoted to
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956:Rifle Brigade officers
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668:Omar, Mohamed (2001).
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399:George Murray Rolland
395:William George Walker
272:Early military career
235:Sir John Edmond Gough
128:Years of service
32:Sir John Edmond Gough
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891:(David Harvey, 1999)
889:Monuments to Courage
571:Winchester Cathedral
564:Winchester Cathedral
303:, commissioned as a
317:Occupation of Crete
971:People from Murree
693:The London Gazette
615:The London Gazette
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435:Ulster Protestants
360:British Somaliland
294:British Fifth Army
233:Brigadier-General
851:978-1-86227-420-4
734:John Edmond Gough
540:Sir George Barrow
501:, in the line at
499:The Rifle Brigade
423:Aldershot Command
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765:The Gazette
688:"No. 27636"
610:"No. 26266"
581:, England.
530:Assessments
520:Armentières
503:Fauquissart
431:his brother
378:during the
362:during the
348:Southampton
160:Mahdist War
99:Fauquissart
905:Categories
815:References
749:CWGC entry
579:Winchester
313:lieutenant
60:1871-10-25
655:The Times
640:The Times
554:Memorials
455:Aldershot
391:Daratoleh
337:Cape Town
227:(brother)
211:Relations
131:1892–1915
769:Archived
585:See also
483:New Army
341:SS
331:rank of
268:forces.
217:(father)
116:Service/
101:, France
515:abdomen
352:Berbera
339:on the
321:captain
307:in the
222:(uncle)
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189:Awards
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106:Buried
71:Punjab
67:Murree
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