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VC1091 John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker Gort
Name John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker Gort No.
VC Issue No. 1091 Awards VC GCB CBE DSO & 2 Bars MVO MC
Regiment Grenadier Guards commanding 1st Battalion
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career Field Marshal
Place Of Birth 1 Portman Square, London, England
Place Of Death Guy's Hospital, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes St John the baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 5 April 1946
Headstone Vault (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Family Vault
Gazetted 27 November 1918
VC Presented 13 December 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Family Vault, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
P Memorial Plaque, The Crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, London
P Memorial Plaque, Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Westminster, London
P Blue Plaque, 34 Belgrave Square, Knightsbridge, London
P Memorial Window, Kings Chapel, Gibralter
P Named on Honours Board, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Surrey
P Named on Masonic VC Memorial, Freemasons Hall, Great Queen Street, London
P Gort Place, Durham, Co Durham
P Gort Road, East Howe, Bournemouth, Dorset
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Westminster, London
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Seafront, Cowes, Isle of Wight
By The Way…
He was the father-in-law of (1256) William Philip Sidney (Viscount De L'Isle) VC He also presented the George Cross to the Island of Malta
VC Held By
Privately held
BORN 10 July 1886
DIED 31 March 1946 AGE 60
VC Won 27 September 1918 AGE 32
Place VC Won Canal du Nord, near Flesquieres, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
