Brigadier-General John Edmond Gough, was a British 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 Commo
Gough, c. 1896
Brigadier General John Gough, far right, talking to Brigadier General Edward Perceval. Also in picture are Lieutenant General Sir Douglas Haig and Major General Charles Monro. France 1914
Memorial in Winchester Cathedral
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Videos
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from late 1915 until th
John Gough (British Army officer)
…general and succeeded Brigadier General Francis Davies as brigadier general, general staff (BGGS) effectively chief of staff, to Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig at Aldershot Command. He played a role in the Curragh Incident in March 1914, in which his brother and other cavalry officers stationed in Ireland…
Haig in 1917
Plaque marking Earl Haig's birthplace, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Age 23 in 1885, in his hussar's uniform
Photograph of the young Douglas Haig as an officer with the 7th Hussars.