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Hubert Gough, a cavalry officer, led a division of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during 1914 and 1915. He became a corps commander early in 1916 and took part in the Battle of the Somme and the offensives at Arras and Ypres. Commander-in-Chief, Sir Douglas Haig, regarded Gough as one of his best officers, but he was ...
General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough GCB GCMG KCVO (/ˈɡɒf/; 12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963) was a senior officer in the British Army in the First World War. A favourite of the British Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, he experienced a meteoric rise through the ranks during the war and commanded the British Fifth Army from 1916 to 1918. The name of Gough probably derives ...
Goughie: The Life of General Sir Hubert Gough. Anthony Farrar-Hockley. Hart-David, MacGibbon, 1975 - Generals - 403 pages. 0 Reviews.
Hubert Gough wurde als ältester Sohn von General Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, VC, GCB geboren. Er besuchte das Eton College und die Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. 1889 trat er als Second Lieutenant der 16th Lancers in die British Army ein. 1890 wurde er zum Lieutenant befördert und nach Britisch-Indien verlegt und 1894 zum Captain ...
19 de ene. de 2022 · Sir Hubert Gough belongs to one of the most famous of British fighting families. His brother, Brigadier-General John Gough, V.C., was Sir Douglas Haig's Chief-of-Staff during the first nine months of the war, and died by a chance rifle bullet at Estaires on February 2Oth, 1917. Sir Hubert, who is only 46, is by far the youngest of British ...
General Sir Douglas Haig chose Hubert Gough to command the main offensive at Ypres. Gough set out ambitious objectives, seeking to strike deep into German defences. This approach proved costly and ineffective. After weeks of stagnation, Gough was replaced by Plumer.
General First became known for his command during the Second Boer War. He served in the 1897 Tirah Expedition in India and in the South African War of 1899-1902. Just before the outbreak of World War I, he was a ringleader of the Curragh Mutiny. In 1914, he was placed in command of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, before being appointed Commander of the new 5th Army on its formation in 1916. He took ...
