John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
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Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, 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. During the 1930s he served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He is best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force that was sent to France in the first year of the Second World War, only to be evacuated from Dunkirk the following
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British Army officer (1886–1946)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vereker,_6th_Viscount_Gort
date created:
2003-04-08T10:32:44Z
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2024-09-03T14:30:08Z
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