Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson

Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson
Born18 February 1859
Suffolk, England[1]
Died16 November 1941 (aged 82)
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1878–1921
RankLieutenant-General
UnitRifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Commands12th 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
AwardsKCB (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]
RelationsField Marshal Lord Wilson
Other workColonel-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.

  1. ^ "Discover people named Henry Wilson". www.myheritage.com.
  2. ^ London Gazette 22 June 1915.
  3. ^ "No. 13186". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1918. p. 9.
  4. ^ a b Burke's 'Wilson'
  5. ^ "No. 28388". The London Gazette (Supplement to the London Gazette Extraordinary). 24 June 1910. p. 4476.
  6. ^ London Gazette 22 February & 10 September 1901, 29 July 1902.
  7. ^ London Gazette 1 May 1917.
  8. ^ London Gazette 9 November 1918.
  9. ^ London Gazette 26 November 1919.