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Lieutenant General William Henry Ewart Gott & 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. His death led to the appointment of Bernard Montgomery in his place. ==Military career== Educated at Harrow School, he was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) in 1915, and served with distinction with the British Expeditionary Force in France during the First World War. His nickname "Strafer" was a pun on the German war slogan ''Gott strafe England'' (God punish England). He was promoted to the rank of captain in January 1921, and attended Staff College from January 1931. He was promoted major in July 1934, having been made a brevet major earlier in January. His service between the World Wars included a posting as adjutant to a territorial battalion, and a period of postings in India as a general staff officer (GSO2) and Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General.
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