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Lieutenant-General William Henry Ewart Gott, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (13 August 1897 – 7 August 1942), nicknamed "Strafer", was a senior British Army officer who fought during both the First and the Second World Wars, reaching the rank of lieutenant-general while serving with the British Eighth Army in the Western Desert and North ...
- 1915–1942
- British Army
William Henry Ewart Gott CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (13 August 1897 – 7 August 1942), nicknamed "Strafer", was a senior British Army officer who fought during both World War I and World War II, reaching the rank of lieutenant-general while serving with the British Eighth Army.
Lieutenant-General William Henry Ewart Gott CB, CBE, DSO*, MC (13 August 1897 – 7 August 1942), nicknamed "Strafer", was a British Army officer during both the First and Second World Wars, reaching the rank of lieutenant-general when serving in the British Eighth Army.
Biography. Gott served in the First World Was, was wounded in 1917 and subsequently captured by German forces. Gott was shot down over Northern Africa on 7 August 1942 (the day after he was appointed commander of the Eight Army by Churchill) Promotions: 15 April 1921: Captain. 30 July 1934: Major. October 1938: Lt. Col. Ocotber 1941: Colonel.
25 de out. de 2022 · Lieutenant-General William Henry Ewart Gott (left); Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (middle); Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck (right) Image Credit: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. After Dunkirk, the major British effort against Germany was waged against Rommel’s Afrika Korps in Libya, Cyrenaica and Egypt.
Lieutenant-General William Henry Ewart Gott, (13 August 1897 – 7 August 1942), nicknamed "Strafer", was a senior British Army officer who fought during both the First and the Second World Wars, reaching the rank of lieutenant-general while serving with the British Eighth Army in the Western Desert and North Africa from 1940 to 1942.
His nickname was "Strafer." Built like a horse, at 44 one of the youngest officers to hold his rank, he commanded the British 13th Corps in Libya. His full name and title: Lieut. General William Henry Ewart Gott, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. World War I veterans who remembered the Germans' Gott strafe England gave him the nickname.
