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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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Gott, William William Henry Ewart Gott

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"Strafer"

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British Army general

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1897-08-13Z

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1897-01-01Z

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1942-08-07Z

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1942-01-01Z

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7th Support Group 7th Armoured Division XIII Corps

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1942-01-01Z

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1915-01-01Z

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