Frederick Willis (British Army officer)
Sir Frederick Willis | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Frederick Arthur Willis |
| Born | 16 July 1827[1] Kensington, London |
| Died | 28 May 1899 (aged 71) Worplesdon, Surrey |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | Northern District |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Willis KCB (16 July 1827 – 28 May 1899) was a British Army General who held high office in the 1880s.[2]
Military career[edit]
Willis was commissioned into the 70th Regiment of Foot in 1844.[3]
In 1881, he was invited to command an Infantry Brigade at Aldershot[4] and then in 1884 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District.[5] He remained in this post until 1886.[6]
He was awarded the colonelcy of the Northumberland Fusiliers from 1895 to his death in 1899.[7]
He was made KCB posthumously in the 1899 Birthday Honours, which were announced days after his death.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Boase, Frederic (1901). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Since the Year 1850, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter. Netherton and Worth, For the author. p. 1387.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. 1 June 1899. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 20389". The London Gazette. 27 September 1844. p. 3354.
- ^ "No. 25054". The London Gazette. 30 December 1881. p. 6929.
- ^ "No. 25329". The London Gazette. 18 March 1884. p. 1305.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1886
- ^ "Colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "No. 27086". The London Gazette. 3 June 1899. p. 3585.