Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall
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Sir Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall (born 1889; died 1979) was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II.
Lieutenant-General Wetherall commanded the 11th African Division during the East African Campaign. He was part of the "Southern Front" for this campaign. Wetherall commanded the 11th African Division during the advance from Kenya, through Italian Somaliland, and into Ethiopia.
On 23 November 1941, with the campaign all but over, the 11th African Division was disbanded. Wetherall became the acting General Officer Commanding of the East Africa Force.
In 1943, Wetherall moved on to British Ceylon.
[edit] Command history
- 1936 to 1938 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
- 1938 to 1940 Commanding Officer, 19th Brigade
- 1940 General Officer Commanding, 1st African Division, East Africa
- 1940 to 1941 General Officer Commanding, 11th African Division, East Africa
- 1941 Acting General Officer Commanding, East Africa Force
- 1941 to 1943 General Officer Commanding, Command Area, East Africa
- 1943 to 1945 General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
- 1945 to 1946 Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon
- 1946 Retired
