General Officer Commanding XIII Corps
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General Officer Commanding XIII Corps was a senior British Army corps-level command in the Second World War, notably led by Lieutenant-General William Gott before his death in 1942.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commander, XIII Corps | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army appointment
ⓘ
military position ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandLevel | corps-level command ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| heldByRank | Lieutenant-General ⓘ |
| hierarchicalSubordinate | divisions of the British Army ⓘ |
| hierarchicalSuperior | Army-level command ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | land forces ⓘ |
| militaryFormationTypeDirected | army corps ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Lieutenant-General William Gott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
British Army operations in the Western Desert
ⓘ
North African campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | XIII Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeldIn | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHolderDeathCause | air crash ⓘ |
| positionHolderDeathContext | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHolderDeathYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| positionHolderDiedInOffice | Lieutenant-General William Gott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | operational command of XIII Corps ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Middle East theatre of World War II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North African theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | British Eighth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton
this entity surface form:
Commander, XIII Corps
subject surface form:
Miles Dempsey
subject surface form:
William Gott