William Maynard Gomm
Sir William Maynard Gomm GCB (* 1784 - March 15, 1875 in Brighton ) was a British field marshal .
Gomm joined the army in 1794, took part in the expeditions to Den Helder (1799), to France and Spain under Sir James Pulteney (1801), to Hanover (1803), to Stralsund and Copenhagen (1807).
In 1808 and 1809 he attended the battles of Roleja , Vimeiro and A Coruña , then the expedition to Walcheren (known from the British expedition of 1809 and the bombing of Vlissingen ) and then went back to Spain, where he worked as assistant to the Quartermaster General was used.
In 1815 he fought in the Battle of Waterloo , became Deputy Governor of Jamaica after the Peace and in 1842 Governor of Mauritius, and from 1851–53 he succeeded General Sir Charles Napier in command of the Anglo-Indian Army in the war against the Burmese. In 1855 he returned to Europe, in 1868 he became Field Marshal and in 1872 he succeeded George Pollock as Constable of the Tower of the Tower of London . He died at the age of 90 on March 15, 1875 in Brighton .
He was married twice. His first wife was Sophia Penn, who died in 1827 and his second wife was Elizabeth Ann Kerr, he married her in 1830. There were no offspring from either marriage.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Peter Ibbotson: Mauritius Postal History and Stamps , The Royal Philatelic Society London, 1991, ISBN 0-900631-24-4 , p. 128
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| SURNAME | Gomm, William Maynard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Field Marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1784 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1875 |
| Place of death | Brighton |