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John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & 2 Bars, MVO, MC) ( July 10 , 1886 - March 1946 ) was a British soldier who served in both World War I and II , rising to the rank of Field Marshal and receiving the Victoria Cross .¹ He was born in East Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight and grew up in County Durham . He was educated at Harrow School and then the Royal Military Academy . He succeeded his father to the family title in 1902 and he was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards in 1905 .²

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Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort VC , GCB , CBE , DSO & Two Bars , MVO , MC (10 July 1886 - 31 March 1946) was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier who served in both World War I and II , rising to the rank of field marshal and receiving the Victoria Cross , the highest Commonwealth award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy".

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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 (professional head of the Army). He is most famous for commanding the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in the first year of the Second World War , which was evacuated from Dunkirk. Gort later served as Governors of Gibraltar and Malta , and High Commissioner for Palestine .

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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 (the professional head of the British Army). 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 year. Gort later served as Governor of Gibraltar and Malta , and High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan .

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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 (the professional head of the British Army). 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 year. Gort later served as Governor of Gibraltar and Malta , and High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan .

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