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COMMANDER // 1870–1963

Hubert Gough

generalUnited Kingdom3 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1870 – 1963

1875190019251950Second Boer War · 1899-1902World War I · 1914–1918 (1917–1918 U.S. combat role)Battle of Blood River Poort — September 17, 1901 · United Kingdom · Second Boer WarBattle of Flers–Courcelette — January 1, 1916 · United Kingdom · World War IThird Battle of Ypres — July 31, 1917 · British Empire · World War I

Active service 1901–1917 — 3 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 31.

Profile

General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough was a senior officer in the British Army in the First World War. A controversial figure, he was a favourite of the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and the youngest of Haig's field army commanders.

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Battles (3)

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