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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 240,967 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Gott is the 1,636th most popular military personnel, the 5,079th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 114th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 15

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Gott ranks 1,636 out of 1,468. Before him are John Sullivan, Max Horton, Kenneth Anderson, Zaza Gogava, Isaac Shelby, and Zebulon Pike. After him are Richard Myers, Henry Heth, Samuel Ryan Curtis, Charles James Napier, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, and Lynndie England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, William Gott ranks 260. Before him are Cecil Parker, Margaret Chase Smith, Viola Dana, Alma Rubens, Joseph Calleia, and Monty Banks. After him are Józef Lange, Robert Riskin, Hermione Gingold, Hope Emerson, Naomi Mitchison, and J. L. B. Smith. Among people deceased in 1942, William Gott ranks 211. Before him are Edna May Oliver, Cecilia Beaux, Heinz Körvers, George M. Cohan, Jamnalal Bajaj, and Joshua Pim. After him are John Mulcahy, Buck Jones, Miguel White, and Teófilo Yldefonso.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Gott ranks 5,079 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Banks (1913), Chris Lawrence (1933), Eric Bristow (1957), Paul Scott (1920), Dan Houser (1974), and Michael Drayton (1563). After him are Vince Cable (1943), John Lombe (1693), Curtis Jones (2001), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), Gerry Byrne (1938), and Harry Pollitt (1890).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, William Gott ranks 114. Before him are Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), Albert Ball (1896), Andy McNab (1959), Frederick E. Morgan (1894), Redvers Buller (1839), and Max Horton (1883). After him are Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772), Andy Green (1962), Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet (1803), and Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (1974).

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