Davidge Gould Military person

Sir Davidge Gould GCB (1758 – 23 April 1847) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral. He was one of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's Band of Brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.

Personal facts

Davidge Gould
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1758
Birth place
Bridgwater , Somerset
Date of deathApril 23, 1847
Place of death
Herefordshire

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Military person

allegianceUnited Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland
award
Order of the Bath
military operations
Battle of the Nile
Battle of the Saintes
Battle of Genoa (1795)
Battle of Hyères Islands
military branch
Royal Navy
service start1772
service end1847

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Davidge Gould on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://nelson-society.com/html/documents/BattleOfTheNile.pdf