Gordon Wilson (British Army officer)

Sir Gordon Wilson
Born(1887-02-01)1 February 1887
Edmonton, London, England
Died17 July 1971(1971-07-17) (aged 84)
London, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1911–1946
RankLieutenant-General
Service number26271
UnitRoyal Army Medical Corps
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross
☆Mentioned in Dispatches

Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Wilson, KCSI, CB, CBE, MC (1 February 1887 – 17 July 1971) was a British surgeon in the Royal Army Medical Corps, sometime Honorary Surgeon to the King and Director, Medical Services in India.[1][2]

Career

Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 27 January 1911 as a lieutenant.[3] During World War I, he was awarded the Military Cross.[3]

He was promoted to colonel on 1 May 1938 and in 1939 he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force and served as Commandant in Dieppe. After the evacuation in 1940, he was appointed Deputy Director of Medical Services with X Corps from 17 July 1940, with the acting, then temporary, rank of brigadier. He relinquished this post on 22 September 1941 and was appointed as the Deputy Director of Medical Services of the Southern Army, India with the permanent rank of major general. He was promoted to the local rank of lieutenant general on 1 June 1943 and, at about the same time, became Director of Medical Services of the Southern Army.[3]

Between 1941 and 1946, Wilson was also Honorary Surgeon to the King (KHS).[3]

Wilson retired on 20 June 1946 as an honorary lieutenant general.[3]

Awards and decorations

Bibliography

  • Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.

References

  1. ^ a b "MEDICAL BIRTHDAY HONOURS". British Medical Journal. 1 (4459). London: 961–962. 22 June 1946. PMC 2059212.
  2. ^ Smart 2005, p. 337.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "British Army Officers 1939-1945". unithistories. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014.