Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson | |
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Born | 18 February 1859 Suffolk, England[1] |
Died | 16 November 1941 (aged 82) |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1878–1921 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Unit | Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) |
Commands | 12th Infantry Brigade (1912–14) 4th Division (1914–15) XII Corps (1915–19) Allied Forces, Gallipoli and Bosporus (1918–19) Allied Forces, Turkey in Europe (1919–20) British Salonika Army (1919–20) British Army of the Black Sea (1919–20) |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | KCB (1915)[2] KCMG (1918)[3][4] CB (1910)[5] Three Mentions in Despatches[6] Croix de Commandeur, Legion d'Honneur (France) (1917)[7] Grand Commander, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd Class (Greece) (1918)[8] Croce di Guerra (Italy) (1919)[9] Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)[4] |
Relations | Field Marshal Lord Wilson |
Other work | Colonel-Commandant, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade |
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson KCB KCMG (18 February 1859 – 16 November 1941) was a British Army officer who, throughout his long military career which spanned over four decades, served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Second Boer War and the First World War, during which he served with distinction, commanding a division on the Western Front and an army corps in the lesser-known Salonikan campaign.