Navy Education
Gough was educated at Cheam School and then enrolled in the Naval College at Osborne House (where he won an 'Honourable Mention' in 1915). He then went to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. However, Gough disliked the Royal Navy and after three years serving as a Midshipman on HMS Ramillies and HMS Witherington, he left.
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