Charles John Stanley Gough VC

The youthful picture of Charles shows him c1850 in the uniform of the 8th Bengal Light Cavalry. The hussar style jacket is French grey with orange facings and silver braid. A picture of him winning his VC at Khurdowdah shows him in his field uniform.
Charles Gough followed a very similar career path to his younger brother Hugh. They were both multiple VC winners and Charles's son John also won a VC in 1903. Both brothers served in Hodson's Horse before it was split into three regiments and both left at the time of Hodson's death in March 1858. They were very valuable officers to the regiment but their time there was very short compared to their distinguished careers in other cavalry units.
1832 28th Jan. Born at Chittagong, India
1848 20th Mar. Cornet, 8th Bengal Light Cavalry
1848-9 Second Sikh War.
1848 9th Nov. Ramnaggur, Passage of the Chenab, Sadulapur
1849 13th Jan. Chillianwallah, Gujerat
1857-8 Indian Mutiny
1857 Sept. With Corps of Guides at siege of Delhi
1857 15th Aug. first citation for VC at Khurkowdah
1857 18th Aug. second citation for VC
1857 6th Dec. Joined Hodson's Horse (promotion to Capt.)
1858 27th Jan. third citation for VC
1858 23rd Feb. fourth citation for VC at Meangunge
1858 March. Left Hodson's Horse for 19th Hussars
1864 Command of 5th Bengal Cavalry
1864-5 Bhutan Expedition
1878-80 Afghan War
1879 Commanded a Brigade
1880 22nd Feb. KCB
1881 Command of Hyderabad Contingent
1886-90 1st Class District in Bengal
1894 1st April. Promoted to General
1895 25th May. GCB
1897 Publication of his book "The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars'
1912 6th Sept. Died aged 80 at Clonmel, Tipperary in Ireland

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