John Gouriet
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Gouriet in 2010
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| Born |
John Prendergast Gouriet 1 June 1935 |
| Died | 4 September 2010 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Charterhouse School |
| Known for | The Freedom Association |
| Title | Major |
| Political party | Conservative |
Major John Prendergast Gouriet (1 June 1935 – 4 September 2010) was a British Army officer, company director and political activist. He was best known as a founder of the National Association for Freedom (now The Freedom Association), and for pioneering the use of legal action to oppose actions of trade unions and campaigning groups which he believed interfered with personal liberty, during three years as the Association's director.
Gouriet was the only son of a Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force from Watchet in Somerset. Gouriet was educated at Charterhouse School in Girdlestoneites House, an independent school in Godalming in Surrey, from where he won a place at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1954.
Gouriet did well at Sandhurst and was commissioned as an officer in the Army in the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars with seniority from December 1955. He joined his regiment in Malaya on active service.
In the Army Gouriet became the second in command of a company of the Somaliland Scouts from 1959 until the Scouts were disbanded in late 1960. He was promoted to Captain in 1961, became Adjutant of the Trucial Oman Scouts from 1961 to 1963, and then served as General Staff Officer Grade III Intelligence 1965-66 to the Director of Operations in Borneo. After attending Staff College, Camberley where he earned a recommendation to return on the Teaching Staff as a Lieut Colonel, he became a Squadron Leader in 15/19 Hussars, a Chieftain tank regiment in Germany. He finished his Army career as Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General at the Ministry of Defence, responsible for Q Operations and Plans, in 1971 to 1972. and retired voluntarily on compassionate grounds
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