Bevil Wilson

Major-General Bevil Thomson Wilson CB, DSO (12 December 1885 – 30 October 1975) was a British Army officer.

Bevil Wilson
Born(1885-12-12)12 December 1885
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died31 October 1975(1975-10-31) (aged 89)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldLahore Brigade
Nowshera Brigade
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Born the son of Alexander Wilson and Mary Louise Rhynold-Barker,[1] Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 12 August 1905.[2] He served on the Western Front and in the Gallipoli Campaign in the First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[3] He became commander of the Lahore Brigade in October 1935, commander of the Nowshera Brigade in India in January 1938 and General Officer Commanding the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division in Northern Ireland in June 1939 before retiring in July 1941.[4] In August 1941 he presided over the court-martial of Josef Jakobs at the Duke of York's Headquarters in Chelsea.[1]

Family

In June 1918, he married Florence Erica Starkey; they had a son (Lieutenant-General Sir James Wilson)[5] and a daughter.[1]

References
  1. "Josef Jakobs - 1898-1941". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. "No. 27830". The London Gazette. 25 August 1905. p. 5842.
  3. "No. 30780". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1918. p. 7890.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. "Lt-Gen Sir James Wilson". The Daily Telegraph. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Gervase Thorpe		 GOC 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
1939–1941		 Succeeded by
Gerard Bucknall
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