General officer commanding ( GOC ) is the usual title given in the armies of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth (and some other nations, such as Ireland ) to a general officer who holds a command appointment.
10-554: Charles Hull may refer to: Charles Hull (British Army officer) (1865–1920), British military officer Charles Hull (VC) (1890–1953), English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient Charles Henry Hull (1864–1936), American economist and historian Chuck Hull (born 1939), American businessman Chuck Hull (ring announcer) (1924–2000), American ring announcer and sportscaster See also [ edit ] Charley Hull (born 1996), English golfer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
20-562: A particularly large or important command, such as Middle East Command or the Allied Armies in Italy , may be called a general officer commanding-in-chief ( GOC-in-C ). The governor of the Imperial Fortress colony of Bermuda was also appointed commander-in-chief of the disproportionately-large Bermuda Garrison . From 1912, when Lieutenant-General Sir George Mackworth Bullock replaced
30-562: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles Hull (British Army officer) Major-General Sir Charles Patrick Amyatt Hull , KCB (3 July 1865 – 24 July 1920) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second Boer War and World War I . He was the father of Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull and the grandfather of Lieutenant General Richard Swinburn . Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge , Hull
40-586: The 10th Infantry Brigade , and, after receiving a further promotion to temporary major general in February 1916, became general officer commanding (GOC) 56th (1/1st London) Division , which he would command for the next two years, most notably during the attack on the Gommecourt Salient in late June. His rank of major general became permanent in January 1917. After a period of recovery following major surgery in
50-540: The Indian Army who are in command of operational formations, such as a division or corps, or of static formations, such as subarea or Area, are also freferred to as General Officers Commanding or GOC; examples being GOC 12 Corps, GOC 3 Infantry Division, GOC Dakshin Maharashtra and Goa Subarea, GOC Uttar Bharat Area, etc. The equivalent term for naval officers is flag officer commanding (FOC) and that for air force officers
60-768: The United Kingdom in the autumn and winter of 1917, he became GOC 16th (Irish) Division in February 1918, only to return to the 56th Division in May 1918 and then transferred to become GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in June 1919 before retiring from the army in September 1920. General officer commanding Thus, a general might be the GOC British II Corps (a three-star appointment) or GOC British 7th Armoured Division (a two-star appointment). A general officer heading
70-635: The late Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Walter Kitchener , through the Second World War , the military office was titled General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bermuda . GOC-in-Cs are usually one rank higher than a GOC with GOCs of corps -level formations reporting to them. The army commanders who head the training and operational commands of the Indian Army hold the title of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, abbreviated as GOC-in-C. There are seven appointments currently: Higher military commanders of
80-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Hull&oldid=1162580229 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
90-470: Was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 16 November 1887. He was promoted to lieutenant on 10 September 1890, and to captain on 24 February 1897. Appointed adjutant of the 2nd battalion on 23 January 1899, he was among the officers in charge as the battalion was sent to South Africa in late October 1899, following the outbreak of the Second Boer War . He
100-826: Was wounded at the battle of the Tugela Heights in late February 1900, as his battalion took part in the Relief of Ladysmith . He became commanding officer (CO) of the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in August 1914 and led his battalion at the Battle of Mons later that month and at the Great Retreat in September 1914 during the First World War . Upon being promoted to temporary brigadier general in November, he went on to be commander of
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