GORT The Viscount Lord

  • First Name(s):
    The 
    Viscount 
    Lord 
  • Surname:
    GORT
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Field Marshal

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Grenadier Guards
  • Unit:
    Grenadier Guards and Commands and Staff General Staff
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    31st March 1946
  • Age At Death:
    59
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Penshurst (St John the Baptist) Church, Kent, England.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John Gage Prendergast Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort, and of the Viscountess Gort (nee Surtees), of St. Marylebone, London, and Cowes, Isle of Wight

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

GORT The Viscount Lord Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern The Link School WW2 Roll of Honour now in Malvern Museum

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed on the memorial as Field Marshal The Viscount Lord Gort V.C., G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C.

Further Information About GORT The Viscount Lord

6th Viscount Gort.

Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, Lord Gort.

C.I.G.S. 1937-1939; Commander in Chief British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 1939-1940; Inspector-General to the Forces for Training and Inspector-General, Home Guard, 1940-1941; Governor and Commander in Chief Gibraltar, 1941-1942; Governor and Commander in Chief Malta, 1942-1944; A.D.C. to H.M. King George VI, 1940-1946. V.C., G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. and 2 Bars, M.V.O., M.C. 9 times Mentioned in Dispatches.

The Citation for Lord Gort’s V.C. can be found on his casualty page on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Credits: Researched by Patricia Thompson.