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To the glorious memory of the fifth army. Under the command of General Sir Hubert Gough, formed in 1916, constantly undertaking arduous tasks, it finally bore the brunt of the German offensive in March 1918. Fighting against overwhelming odds this gallant army perished but the heroic resistance of all ranks stemmed the torrent and saved their country.
Greater love hath no man than this.
"Greater love..." is from the bible, John 15:13.
Site: St Mary's Hospital - Fifth Army (2 memorials)
W2, Norfolk Place, St Mary's Hospital - Cambridge wing
The ugly modern entrance, plonked on the front of the building, has totally ruined the integrity of this memorial.
The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic.), Page 10 carries a short announcement: "Memorial To Fifth Army. LONDON, Monday — The Queen headed the subscription list for a £25,000 memorial to the Fifth Army which is being organised by the Daily Telegraph. The memorial will take the form of a perpetual endowment of two wards in St. Mary’s Hospital Paddington."
In his later life Gough was involved in the management and fundraising of Kings College Hospital and St Mary's Hospital. This must go some way to explaining the presence of this memorial here.
(The small framed notice is about the benches below.)
We were surprised to learn that . He was convicted at the Nuremberg trials, served 20 years imprisonment and was released in 1966. He visited London in 1973 and again in 1981, when he suffered a stroke and died later at this hospital on 1 September.
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