Allegiance United Kingdom Battles and wars World War II Battles/wars World War II Service/branch British Army | Name Edward Wilmot Rank Major general Died November 2, 1994 | |
Commands held 2nd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Infantry Brigade
2nd Division Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross | ||
Major-General Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams CB CBE MC (8 June 1910 – 2 November 1994) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division.
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Military career
Williams served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of 1st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps during the Italian Campaign. After the War he became Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office and then, from 1954, Commanding Officer of 2nd Bn the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was appointed Commander of 2nd Infantry Brigade in 1956, General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1960 and Chief of Staff at Headquarters Far East Land Forces in May 1962. His last appointments were as General Officer Commanding Singapore from November 1962 and Chairman of the Vehicle Committee at the Ministry of Defence from 1964 before retiring in 1965.
In 1970 he became High Sheriff of Dorset.
Family
In 1943 he married Sybilla Margaret Archdale. Their daughter Victoria Mary married Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland, on 11 May 1974.