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General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough GCB, GCMG, KCVO (/ ɡ ɒ f / GOF; 12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963) 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 (BEF) on the Western Front, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and the youngest of his Army commanders.
In 1918, staff officers who had been trained exclusively for static trench warfare were forced to adapt to the demands of semi-open warfare. During the course of the war, 78 British and Dominion officers of the rank of brigadier-general and above were killed or died during active service, while another 146 were wounded, gassed, or captured. [56 ...
General Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne, GCB, KCMG (19 February 1861 – 14 August 1929) was a military officer in the British Army, most notable for his generalship during the First World War, where he commanded at division, corps, and field army level, rising to command the British First Army in 1916, which he held until the armistice of 11 November 1918.
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (/ h eɪ ɡ /; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928), was a senior officer of the British Army.During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war.
See also Category:British generals – note that a "Brigadier" is not classed as a "general" in the British Army, despite being a NATO 1-star equivalent rank. [1] Prior to the mid to late-1990s, British ranks used a hyphen.
Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.