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Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord.
1 de dez. de 2016 · An article about the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940, focusing on the role of Lord Gort, the commander of the BEF. Learn about Gort's background, his decisions, and his challenges during the operation.
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier. As a young officer in World War I he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord .
Há 6 dias · Learn about the life and career of John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, a field marshal and the commander-in-chief at Dunkirk. See the blue plaque marking his former home in Belgravia, London, where he lived from 1920 to 1926.
Leslie Hore-Belisha was the British war minister who was dismissed in January 1940 amid a clash with the Army leadership. He was a reformer who introduced conscription and mechanization, but also faced opposition from the aristocratic generals and the prime minister Chamberlain.
John Vereker, sixth Viscount Gort, was a British soldier best known for his period in command of the B.E.F. in 1939-1940, which ended with the evacuation from Dunkirk. His full name was John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, sixth Viscount Gort in the Irish Peerage, but he was normally refered to as Lord Gort.
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Canal du Nord.
