Vereker In London On July: GORT, gort, 6th Viscount (1886-1946), British field marshal, who commanded the British field force in France early in World War II. He was born John S_tandish Surtees Prendergast Vereker in London on July 10, 1886. He inherited his father's title in 1902. Gort joined the army in 1905 and at the start of World War I (1914) went to France with the first British troops. Serving through the war, he was wounded three times and won the Victoria Cross. He was made a major general in 1935 and in 1937 became chief of the general staff.
The developing water is so hot I can hardly bear my hands in it."He returned to England in July, a sick man suffering from cholera. Exhibitions were held of the photographs in London and Paris; wood engravings of some of them were printed in the Illustrated London News; prints pasted on paper mounts with engraved titles, were sold by Agnew. The London Times wrote: "The photographer who follows in the wake of modern armies must be content with conditions of repose and with the still life which remains when the fighting is over."
RAMBERG, ram'berg, Johann Heinri German artist: b. Hannover, July 22, 1763; there, July 6, 1840. He first showed his talent drawings of scenes in the Harz Mounta These became known to George III, king of E: land, his sovereign, as elector of Hannover, induced him to go to London, where he provii for him. He remained there nine years, and j fected himself under Reynolds.
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