Harry Willans

Harry Willans
Born1892
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England[1]
Died5 February 1943 (aged 50−51)
Tobruk
Buried
Tobruk War Cemetery
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1916−1943
RankMajor-General
Service number16877
Commands168th (2nd London) Infantry Brigade
47th (London) Infantry Division
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Mentioned in dispatches (2)

Major-General Harry Willans CB, CBE, DSO, MC (1892 – 5 February 1943) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of James and Henrietta Willans and educated at Aldenham School,[2] Willans was commissioned into the Bedfordshire Regiment on 23 May 1916.[3] He was awarded the Military Cross in January 1917[4] and appointed a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in June 1918.[5]

He became commanding officer of the Artists Rifles in 1933, commander of the 168th (2nd London) Infantry Brigade in May 1938 and General Officer Commanding (GOC) 47th (London) Infantry Division in August 1939.[6][7] With this assignment came the rank of major general.[8] He went on to be Director-General of Welfare and Education at the War Office in December 1940.[7] He was killed in a flying accident at El Adem Airfield near Tobruk in February 1943.[9]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1943 New Year Honours.[10]

References

  1. ^ Smart 2005, p. 334.
  2. ^ "Harry Willans DSO MC". Stevenage at War. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ "No. 29590". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 May 1916. p. 5056.
  4. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 43.
  5. ^ "No. 30718". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1918. p. 6495.
  6. ^ "Willans, Harry". Generals.dk. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  8. ^ "No. 34660". The London Gazette. 29 August 1939. p. 5921.
  9. ^ "General Willans Killed; Head of British Army Welfare and Education Dies in Crash". New York Times. 9 February 1943. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  10. ^ "No. 35841". The London Gazette. 29 December 1942. p. 3.

Bibliography

  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 47th (London) Infantry Division
1939–1940 		Succeeded by

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