Name
Robert Clements Gore (CB, CMG)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/04/1918
50
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Brigadier General
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1st Bn. General Staff ommanding 101st Infantry Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Companion of the Order of the Bath, Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
XXVI. FF. 1.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 3 Feb 1867 in 5 Saville Place, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire and baptised on 6 Mar 1867 son of Nathaniel and Frances Louisa (Page) Gore. Educated at Haileybury College 1880-83 and the Royal Military College, Woolwich 1885-86. He married Rachel Cecelia Sanderson in 1899 in Dublin and had one son. Gazetted Lieutenant on 29 Jan 1886 1st Bn. Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, he served in Ceylon 1886-88 and Hong Kong 1888-92. Promoted to Captain on 9 Dec 1896, Adjutant on 21 Apr 1897 and Major on 12 Dec 1907.
Wartime Service
He took command of the battalion as Lieutenant Colonel on 3 Nov 1914 and entered France on 29 Dec 1914. He was made Brigadier General i.c. 101st Brigade on 27 Jan 1916. The headquarters of both 101st and 74th Brigades were in the cellar of a farm at Mont de Lille in Belgium when it was destroyed by an explosion. General Gore and his signalling Officer were killed and there were several other casualties.
Companion of the Order of the Bath (London Gazette 1 Jan 1918).
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
