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2nd Lt. Horace Fredrick Gough DSO.

British Army 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment

from:Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

(d.21st Sept 1917)

Horace Gough was a Lance Corporal in the 11th Hussars and a 2nd Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion of The North Staffordshire Regiment. He received the DSO. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He rallied part of a neighbouring battalion that had lost all of its officers and had been forced back from a most important position He personally led a counter attack, and re-took the position at the point of the bayonet, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. He then consolidated the captured position and remained in command until relieved. By his gallantry, individuality and resource he undoubtedly enabled the troops on his flank to regain a highly important position.



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