Philip Christison

Sir Philip Christison, 4th Baronet
Nickname(s)"Christie"[1]
Born(1893-11-17)17 November 1893
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died21 December 1993(1993-12-21) (aged 100)
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Buried
Holy Trinity Church, Melrose, Scotland
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1914–1949
RankGeneral
Service number9487
UnitQueen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Duke of Wellington's Regiment
CommandsScottish Command (1947–49)
Northern Command (1946–47)
Allied Forces, Dutch East Indies (1945–46)
Allied Land Forces, South East Asia (1945)
XV Indian Corps (1943–45)
XXXIII Indian Corps (1942–43)
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division (1941–42)
Staff College, Quetta (1940–41)
Quetta Brigade (1938–40)
2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (1937–38)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
Indonesian National Revolution
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath[2]
Distinguished Service Order[3]
Military Cross & Bar[4][5]
Mentioned in Despatches (2)[6]
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Cloud and Banner (China)[7]
Other workSecretary of the Scottish Education Department

General Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison, 4th Baronet, GBE, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (17 November 1893 – 21 December 1993) was a British Army officer who served with distinction during the world wars. After service as a junior officer on the Western Front in the First World War, he later distinguished himself during the Second World War, where he commanded XV Indian Corps, part of Sir William Slim's Fourteenth Army, during the Burma campaign. He then went on to have a successful postwar career, and lived to the age of 100.[8]

  1. ^ Mead (2007), p. 99
  2. ^ "No. 35841". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 September 1942. p. 3.
  3. ^ "No. 36994". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 March 1945. p. 1544.
  4. ^ "No. 29438". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 January 1916. p. 582.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference MC2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "No. 37184". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 July 1945. p. 3746.
  7. ^ "No. 38620". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 May 1949. p. 2607.
  8. ^ "British Army officer histories". Unit Histories. Retrieved 31 December 2017.