Robert Clements Gore

Brigadier-General Robert Clements Gore was a British Army officer who was killed in action during the First World War. He was a member of the Anglo-Irish Gore family.

Military career

Gore was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1886. He was killed in action in Belgium in 1918, while commanding the 101st Brigade. His remains were buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

Personal life

Gore was born in Clifton, Bristol, to Nathaniel Gore and Louisa Page. He was the grandson of William Gore, MP for Carrick; and great-grandson of William Gore, Bishop of Limerick. His sister Gertrude was married to politician Gilbert McMicking.
In 1899, Gore married Rachel Cecilia Saunderson, daughter of Llewellyn Traherne Bassett Saunderson and Lady Rachel Mary Scott. Their only child, Adrian Clements Gore, also achieved the rank of brigadier in the British Army and served with distinction in the Second World War.