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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army appointment ⓘ
military position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Army ⓘ
commandLevel corps-level command ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
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 ⓘ
notableFor British Army operations in the Western Desert ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
partOf XIII Corps ⓘ
positionHeldIn Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
positionHolderDeathCause air crash ⓘ
positionHolderDeathContext Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
positionHolderDeathYear 1942 ⓘ
positionHolderDiedInOffice Lieutenant-General William Gott ⓘ
role operational command of XIII Corps ⓘ
serviceBranch British Army ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ
North African theatre of World War II ⓘ
usedBy British Eighth Army ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Gott → positionHeld → General Officer Commanding XIII Corps ⓘ
subject linked to: Lieutenant-General William Gott
Noel Beresford-Peirse → positionHeld → General Officer Commanding XIII Corps ⓘ
John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton → positionHeld → Commander, XIII Corps ⓘ
subject linked to: Major-General John Harding
linked to: General Officer Commanding XIII Corps
Miles Dempsey → positionHeld → General Officer Commanding XIII Corps ⓘ
William Gott → positionHeld → General Officer Commanding XIII Corps ⓘ