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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 British Army officer during both the First and Second World Wars, reaching the rank of lieutenant general while serving in the Eighth Army. In August 1942 he was appointed as successor to Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army. On the way to take up his command he was killed when his plane was shot down.

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rdfs:comment	Lieutenant General William Henry Ewart Gott CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, 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 while serving in the Eighth Army. In August 1942 he was appointed as successor to Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army. On the way to take up his command he was killed when his plane was shot down.
foaf:name	Gott, William William Henry Ewart Gott
foaf:nick	"Strafer"
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dc:description	British Army general
award	dbpedia:Distinguished_Service_Order dbpedia:Military_Cross dbpedia:Order_of_the_Bath dbpedia:Order_of_the_British_Empire
battle	Operation Compass Operation Battleaxe Operation Crusader Battle of Gazala Operation Brevity World War II First Battle of El Alamein Western Desert Campaign dbpedia:World_War_I
birth date	1897-08-13(xsd:dateTime)
birth year	1897-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1942-08-07(xsd:dateTime)
death year	1942-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military command	7th Armoured Division 7th Support Group XIII Corps
military unit	60th (Royal American) Regiment
service end year	1942-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1915-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brigadier_W_H_E_Gott.jpg?width=300
is commander of	Operation Brevity Italian invasion of Egypt Operation Skorpion
is notable commander of	7th Armoured Division 7th Support Group

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