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VC150   Sir Charles John Stanley Gough

BORN   28 January 1832

DIED   6 September 1912  AGE   80

VC Won  15, 18 August, 27 January, 23 February 1857  AGE   26

Place VC Won  Various Actions, India

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Sir Charles John Stanley Gough   No.   

VC Issue No.   150   Awards   VC   GCB

Regiment   5th Bengal European Cavalry

Later   Disbanded

Now   

Rank VC Won   Major

Rank End Of Career   General

Place Of Birth   Chittagong, India

Place Of Death   At his home, Innislonagh, near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Buried/Location Ashes  St Patrick's Cemetery, Davis Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   21 October 1859

VC Presented   04 January 1860, Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Patrick's Cemetery, Davis Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Memorial plaque and window at St Patrick's Church, Innislonagh, near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

P  Named on memorial to his son 517 John Gough, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire

By The Way…

Father of (517) Sir John Edmund Gough VC

Brother of (199) Sir Hugh Henry Gough VC

First VC awarded for the saving of his brother's life

VC Held By

The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M

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Awarded the Victoria Cross for numerous deeds during the mutiny, including actions on 27th January, 23rd February, 15th August and 18th August. Most notably, saving his brothers life (199 Hugh Gough) when he was wounded and under attack by a mutineer

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Thank you to Simon and Charlotte Higson for photos in Ireland