Allegiance United Kingdom Name Gordon Wilson Service/branch British Army Awards Military Cross | Years of service 1911–1946 Role Surgeon Rank Lieutenant-general Battles and wars World War I, World War II | |
Born 1 February 1887
Edmonton, London ( 1887-02-01 ) Battles/wars First World War
Second World War Died July 17, 1971, London, United Kingdom Similar People William Barnsley Allen, Noel Godfrey Chavasse, Owen Edward Pennefat, Edgar Inkson, George Allan Maling | ||
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.
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Career
Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 27 January 1911 as a lieutenant. During World War I, he was awarded the Military Cross.
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.
Between 1941 and 1946, Wilson was also Honorary Surgeon to the King (KHS).
Wilson retired on 20 June 1946 as an honorary lieutenant general.