William Maynard Gomm
Sir William Maynard Gomm, porträtterad av William Salter.
Sir William Maynard Gomm, född den 10 november 1784 på Barbados, död den 15 mars 1875 i Brighton, var en brittisk militär.
Karikatyr av en åldrad Gomm.
Gomm deltog från 1799 i revolutionskrigen och utmärkte sig särskilt i många strider på Pyreneiska halvön, blev 1812 överstelöjtnant, 1829 överste och 1837 generalmajor och utnämndes 1843 till guvernör på Mauritius.
Denna post bibehöll han till 1850, då han som sir Charles James Napiers efterträdare övertog högsta befälet i Indien (1850–1855). Gomm blev 1854 general och 1868 fältmarskalk. Värdefulla upplysningar om fälttågen på Pyreneiska halvön lämnas i hans brev och dagböcker, "Letters and journals of fieldmarshal sir W.M. Gomm", utgivna av F.C. Carr-Gomm 1881.
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- Gomm, sir William Maynard i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1908)
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Caricature of William Maynard Gomm. Caption read "The Constable of the Tower".
Caricature of William Maynard Gomm. Caption read "The Constable of the Tower".
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Sir William Maynard Gomm, by William Salter (died 1875). Maynard Gomm GCB (1784 – 15 March 1875), British soldier, was gazetted to the 9th Foot at the age of ten in recognition of the services of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gomm, who was killed in the attack on Guadaloupe (1794). He joined his regiment as a lieutenant in 1799, and fought in the Netherlands under the Duke of York, and subsequently was with Sir James Pulteney's Ferrol expedition. See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
Sir William Maynard Gomm, by William Salter (died 1875). Maynard Gomm GCB (1784 – 15 March 1875), British soldier, was gazetted to the 9th Foot at the age of ten in recognition of the services of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gomm, who was killed in the attack on Guadaloupe (1794). He joined his regiment as a lieutenant in 1799, and fought in the Netherlands under the Duke of York, and subsequently was with Sir James Pulteney's Ferrol expedition. See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.