General Sir John Gort

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Sir_John_Gort

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order gptkb:Military_Cross
gptkbp:birth_date	1886-04-24
gptkbp:birth_place	gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:burial_place	gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Broughton,_Hampshire
gptkbp:categories	KCB, DSO, MC
gptkbp:children	2
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:British_1st_Army gptkb:2nd_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:death_date	1966-02-16
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General Sir John Gort
gptkbp:known_for	Leadership during World War II
gptkbp:military_conflict	gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nickname	Gorty
gptkbp:notable_command	gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:General_Sir_Edmund_Ironside
gptkbp:rank	gptkb:General
gptkbp:served_in	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Austria gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Canada gptkb:Cyprus gptkb:Denmark gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Finland gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:Greece gptkb:Hong_Kong gptkb:Iceland gptkb:India gptkb:Ireland gptkb:Italy gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:North_Africa gptkb:Norway gptkb:Scotland gptkb:Sicily gptkb:Singapore gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Sweden gptkb:Wales gptkb:Yugoslavia gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Palestine gptkb:Western_Front gptkb:Malaya
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:service_years	1905-1946
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Lady_Gort
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:General_Sir_Harold_Alexander
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:General_Sir_Edmund_Ironside gptkb:British_Home_Guard
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6