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General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough GCB, GCMG, KCVO (/ ɡ ɒ f / GOF; 12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963) was a senior officer in the British Army in the First World War. A controversial figure, he was a favourite of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.
Hubert de la Poer Gough, GCB, GCMG, KCVO (12 Agosto de 1870 – 18 de Março de 1963), foi um general do Exército Britânico durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. Um favorito do comandante-em-chefe, general Douglas Haig, passou por várias patentes durante a guerra, e comandou o 5.º Exército britânico entre 1916 e 1918.
Learn about the life and career of General Hubert Gough, a cavalry commander in World War One who served in the Ypres Salient. Find out his achievements, controversies and legacy in this biography.
31 de mar. de 2015 · General Hubert Gough was one of Field Marshal Haig’s favoured generals during World War One. Gough saw out most of World War One within the Ypres Salient.
Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough was a World War I commander of the British 5th Army, which bore the brunt of the great German offensive in March 1918. He joined the 16th Lancers in 1889 and served in the Tirah Expedition in India (1897) and in the South African War (1899–1902). He commanded the 3rd.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Gough served as a cavalry officer during the First World War, leading a division of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front during 1914-15. He became a corps commander in 1916, taking part in the Somme offensive later that year, and subsequently at Arras and Ypres.
The Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research publishes a biographical note on Sir Hubert Gough, a British general who was replaced in 1918 after the German Spring Offensive. It challenges his claims of being the youngest officer in various ranks and roles in the army.
