Awards & Winners

Charles John Stanley Gough

Date of Birth 28-January-1832
Place of Birth Chittagong
(Bangladesh)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
General Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, VC, GCB, was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family in Chittagong, Bengal, British 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 Charles John Stanley Gough

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1857


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 15th August 1857, 18th August 1857, 27th January 1858, 3rd February 1858 as Major of the 5th Bengal European Cavalry, during the Indian Mutiny.)