Frederick Willis (British Army officer)

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Sir Frederick Willis
Birth nameFrederick Arthur Willis
Born16 July 1827[1]
Kensington, London
Died28 May 1899(1899-05-28) (aged 71)
Worplesdon, Surrey
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Commands heldNorthern District
AwardsKnight 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[]

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[]

  1. ^ Boase, Frederic (1901). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memiors 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.
  2. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 1 June 1899. p. 1.
  3. ^ "No. 20389". The London Gazette. 27 September 1844. p. 3354.
  4. ^ "No. 25054". The London Gazette. 30 December 1881. p. 6929.
  5. ^ "No. 25329". The London Gazette. 18 March 1884. p. 1305.
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1886
  7. ^ "Colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  8. ^ "No. 27086". The London Gazette. 3 June 1899. p. 3585.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC Northern District
1884–1886
Succeeded by
Preceded by Colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers
1895–1899
Succeeded by
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