William Gott
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 82 years ago |
Date of birth | August 13,1897 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Scarborough |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | August 7,1942 |
Died | Egypt |
Service/branch | British Army |
Places of burial | Alamein Memorial |
El Alamein, Egypt | |
Battles and wars | World War I |
World War II | |
Job | Army officer |
Awards | Order of the Bath |
Military Cross | |
Current partner | Pamela Frances Mary Kays |
Servic number | 1798 |
Nicknam | Breguet, The Admiral |
Children | Jennifer Faith Gott |
Diana Elizabeth Gott | |
Grandchildren | Amanda Jane Cubitt |
Belinda Carey Cubitt | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 582516 |
William Gott Life story
Lieutenant-General William Henry Ewart Gott, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, 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 in the Western Desert and North Africa from 1940 to 1942.