Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Gomm, Field-Marshal Sir William Maynard
Gomm, Field-Marshal Sir William Maynard, G.C.B., created D.C.L. 13 June, 1834, col.-in-chief of the coldstream guards, constable of the Tower of London 1872, served in the Peninsula and in Flanders, A.Q.M.G. at Waterloo, gold medal and clasps for Badajoz, etc., silver medal and clasps for Roleia, Vimiera, etc., commander of the forces, and lieut.-governor Jamaica, etc., commander-in-chief India, field-marshal 1868, (son of Lieut.-Colonel William Gomm), died 15 March, 1875.