John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort

Army officer

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1886

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1946

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer.
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 (the professional head of the British 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.