MILITARY PERSONNEL

William Gott

1897 - 1942

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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. In August 1942 he was appointed as successor to General Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army but, on the way to take up his command, he was killed when his plane was shot down. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Gott has received more than 257,085 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Gott is the 2,002nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,632nd in 2019), the 5,765th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,067th in 2019) and the 128th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 3.09

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Gott ranks 2,002 out of 2,058. Before him are Samuel Ryan Curtis, Crispus Attucks, Odette Hallowes, Andrey Mordvichev, Narasimhagupta, and James Abbott. After him are Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, Khattiya Sawasdipol, Juba, Tetiana Ostashchenko, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Denys Prokopenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, William Gott ranks 309. Before him are Monty Banks, Naomi Mitchison, Cecil Parker, Margaret Chase Smith, Robert Riskin, and Muriel Freeman. After him are Richard Russell Jr., John Laurie, Jerome Cowan, Dorothy Peterson, Sohrab Modi, and Doris Kenyon. Among people deceased in 1942, William Gott ranks 240. Before him are Jamnalal Bajaj, Edna May Oliver, Constantin Henriquez, George M. Cohan, Dmitry Ushakov, and John Mulcahy. After him are Miguel White, Buck Jones, and Teófilo Yldefonso.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gott ranks 5,765 out of 8,785. Before him are Barbara Burke (1917), James Abbott (1807), Felicia Hemans (1793), Alan McManus (1971), Magda Szubanski (1961), and Trevor Nunn (1940). After him are Mirabehn (1892), Garth Ennis (1970), Ray Noble (1903), Olivia Cooke (1993), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), and John Arden (1930).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, William Gott ranks 128. Before him are Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Charles James Napier (1782), Andy McNab (1959), Redvers Buller (1839), Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (1803), and James Abbott (1807). After him are Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772), George Cathcart (1794), Andy Green (1962), Craig Harrison (1974), Richard Dannatt (1950), and Patrick Kay (1921).

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