Commands held Northern District Awards Order of the Bath Name Frederick Willis Service/branch British Army | Role British Army officer Rank Lieutenant-general Died 1899 Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Arthur Willis KCB (1823 – 1899) was a British Army General who held high office in the 1880s.
Military career
Willis was commissioned into the 70th Regiment of Foot in 1844.
In 1881 he was invited to command an Infantry Brigade at Aldershot and then in 1884 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District. He remained in this post until 1886.
He was awarded the colonelcy of the Northumberland Fusiliers from 1895 to his death in 1899.
He was made KCB posthumously in the 1899 Birthday Honours.
References
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