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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Field Marshal
John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
&
Two Bars
, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a
British
and
Anglo-Irish
soldier. 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 Governor of
Gibraltar
and
Malta
, and High Commissioner for
Palestine
and
Transjordan
.
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