Battle of Ypres, 1st
Gough commands cavalry near Ypres.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1918
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Hubert Gough Biography and Timeline
Follow Hubert Gough through 10 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Hubert Gough, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1914
1916
Battle of the Somme, 1st
Commands Reserve Army forces as fighting expands around Pozieres and the Albert-Bapaume road.
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of the Somme, 1st
Commands Fifth Army during the Battle of the Ancre, the final major phase of the Somme offensive.
Role range: 1914-1918
1917
Operations on the Ancre
Commands British Fifth Army during renewed winter operations on the Ancre front.
Role range: 1914-1918
Operations on the Ancre
Fifth Army attacks toward Miraumont to improve British positions before the spring offensive.
Role range: 1914-1918
Operations on the Ancre
British operations on the Ancre close as the German withdrawal changes the front line.
Role range: 1914-1918
German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line
British Fifth Army follows the German retreat and occupies Bapaume after German forces abandon the town.
Role range: 1914-1918
Fifth Army Opens Pilckem Ridge Attack
Gough's Fifth Army opens the Third Ypres offensive with the attack on Pilckem Ridge.
Role range: 1914-1918
Battle of Pilckem Ridge
Gough commands the opening attack at Ypres.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1916-1918
Langemarck Offensive Continued
Gough continues the offensive around Langemarck despite difficult ground and stronger German resistance.
Role range: 1914-1918
Records, sources and methodology
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