Third Somaliland Expedition Victoria Cross Recipient. He served as a unit commander in Rifle Brigade Prince Consort's Own, British Army during the Third Somaliland Expedition, 1902 to 1903. Citation reads: On April 22, 1903, after the action at Daratoleh, Somaliland, now known as Somalia, Major Gough who was in charge of the column, came back to help two captains who were with a mortally wounded officer. They managed to get him on a camel, but he was wounded again and died immediately. He later achieved the rank of Brigadier General, of the King's African Rifles, was also a Knight Commander of the Bath and a Companion of St Michael and St George. In WW I while serving in Estaires France, he was killed in action at age 43.
Third Somaliland Expedition Victoria Cross Recipient. He served as a unit commander in Rifle Brigade Prince Consort's Own, British Army during the Third Somaliland Expedition, 1902 to 1903. Citation reads: On April 22, 1903, after the action at Daratoleh, Somaliland, now known as Somalia, Major Gough who was in charge of the column, came back to help two captains who were with a mortally wounded officer. They managed to get him on a camel, but he was wounded again and died immediately. He later achieved the rank of Brigadier General, of the King's African Rifles, was also a Knight Commander of the Bath and a Companion of St Michael and St George. In WW I while serving in Estaires France, he was killed in action at age 43.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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