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Brigadier-General
Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...
Robert Clements Gore (3 February 1867 – 13 April 1918) was a British Army officer who was killed in action during the First World War. He was a member of the Anglo-Irish Gore family.
Military career
Gore was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and commissioned into theArgyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.
Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...
from Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1886. He was killed in action in Belgium in 1918, while commanding the 101st Brigade. His remains were buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.
Personal life
Gore was born in Clifton, Bristol, to Nathaniel Gore and Louisa Page.''1911 England Census'' He was the grandson of William Gore, MP forCarrick
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*Carrick (surname)
* Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick
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; and great-grandson of William Gore, Bishop of Limerick. His sister Gertrude was married to politician Gilbert McMicking.
In 1899, Gore married Rachel Cecilia Saunderson, daughter of Llewellyn Traherne Bassett Saunderson and Lady Rachel Mary Scott (daughter of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Clonmell). Their only child, Adrian Clements Gore, also achieved the rank of brigadier in the British Army and served with distinction in the Second World War.
See also
* List of generals of the British Empire who died during the First World WarNotes
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* * 1867 births 1918 deaths British Army brigadiers Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George British military personnel killed in World War I British Army generals of World War I 19th-century British Army personnel People from Clifton, Bristol {{British-Army-bio-stub