Awards & Winners

Hugh Henry Gough

Date of Birth 14-November-1833
Place of Birth Kolkata
(India, West Bengal, Kolkata district)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Hugh Gough
Profession Soldier
General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, VC, GCB, was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family in Calcutta, Bengal, India, and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Awards by Hugh Henry Gough

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1857


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 12th November, 1857 and 25th February, 1858 as Lieutenant of the 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry of the British Indian Army during the Indian Mutiny.)