John Vereker 6th Viscount Gort Politician

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. 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 10, 1886
Birth place	Westminster , Middlesex , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Date of death	March 31, 1946
Place of death	Southwark , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Office holder

awards	Order of the Bath Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in dispatches Military Cross Victoria Cross Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order
military operations	World War II World War I
military branch	British Army
military command	Chief of the Imperial General Staff British Expeditionary Force Guards Brigade
military rank	Field marshal (United Kingdom)
monarch	George VI
relation	William Sidney 1st Viscount De L'Isle
service end	1945
service start	1905
successor	Edmond Schreiber Alan Cunningham Noel Mason-MacFarlane