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First Name: Eric John Fletcher Last Name: GOUGH
Date of Death: 30/12/1914 Lived/Born In: South Kensington
Rank: Captain Unit: Irish Guards1
Memorial Site: 1. Sloane Square, Holy Trinity 2. Brompton, Holy Trinity

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Age-26

9, Onslow Crescent, South Kensington

Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richbourg-L'Avoue, France

 

On 24th December, the 1st Irish Guards of 4th (Guards) Brigade, 2nd Division, left their billets in Rue de l’Epinette and moved into some trenches at Festubert where they remained for the rest of the month. Eric Gough was killed by a stray bullet on 30th December while in command of his company.

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