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GCB?

How on earth was he never made a GCB? john k (talk) 16:49, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

He was a GCB. Now corrected. Dormskirk (talk) 13:40, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hammer of the Sikhs?

Was this the General Hugh Gough who was known as "Hammer of the Sikhs"? If so, it should be stated clearly in this article. 79.97.64.240 (talk) 12:28, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide a source for this. Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 13:38, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The statue

In the first paragraph of his book "My Early Life" Sir Winston Churchill writes:

I remember my grandfather, the Viceroy, unveiling the Lord Gough statue in 1878.

The text can be found here - https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20160543

HTH — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.117.112.158 (talk) 04:06, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To bring the words into relief. They occur in the very first paragraph >

CHAPTER I

CHILDHOOD

When does one first begin to remember? When do the waving lights and shadows of dawning consciousness cast their print upon the mind of a child? My earliest memories are Ireland. I can recall scenes and events in Ireland quite well, and sometimes dimly, even people. Yet I was born on November 30, 1874, and I left Ireland early in the year 1879. My father had gone to Ireland as secretary to his father, the Duke of Marlborough, appointed Lord-Lieutenant by Mr. Disraeli in 1876. We lived in a house called 'The Little Lodge,' about a stone's throw from the Viceregal. Here I spent nearly three years of childhood. I have clear and vivid impressions of some events. I remember my grandfather, the Viceroy, unveiling the Lord Gough statue in 1878. A great black crowd, scarlet soldiers on horseback, strings pulling away a brown shiny sheet, the old Duke, the formidable grandpapa, talking loudly to the crowd. I recall even a phrase he used: 'and with a withering volley he shattered the enemy's line'. I quite understood that he was speaking about war and fighting and that a 'volley' meant what the black-coated soldiers (Riflemen) used to do with loud bangs so often in the Phoenix Park where I was taken for my morning walks. This, I think, is my first coherent memory.

A branch descended from Thomas Bunbury Gough, Dean of Derry, brother to Viscount Gough, extended into the twentieth century in Australia; one member, Doris Boyd née Gough, inspired her children to consign themselves to expression in art. --Laurencebeck (talk) 07:11, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]