William Gott

William Henry Ewart "Strafer" Gott, CB, CBE, DSO, MC (13 August 1897 - 7 August 1942) was a British Army officer during both the First and Second World Wars, reaching the rank of lieutenant general when serving in the British Eighth Army.An officer in the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), Gott served with distinction with the BEF in France during World War I.Arriving in Egypt in 1939 as a lieutenant colonel commanding the 1st Battalion KRRC, he was successively General Staff Officer, Grade I (ranked lieutenant colonel), commander of the Support Group (brigadier), and commanding officer  (major general) of the famed 7th Armoured Division (the Desert Rats). Gott was promoted to lieutenant general, given command of XIII Corps in early 1942 and led that formation in the battles of Gazala and First Alamein. A big man with an aggressive, outgoing personality, he was popular with soldiers under his command, but as a senior commander he was considered by some to be out of his depth.
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