William Gentry

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Major General Sir William George Gentry KBE CB DSO and bar MC (Greece) Bronze Star (US) (20 February 1899 - 13 October 1991) was a distinguished New Zealand military leader.

In 1919 he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon and in 1920 served in India. In 1939 he was promoted to major. During World War II he served under General Freyberg, developing a relationship where he could question Freyberg 'without arousing impatience or irritation'.^[1] From 1943 to 1944 he was Deputy Chief of Staff.

He was New Zealand Chief of Staff from 1952 to 1955. In 1954 Gentry was made a Companion in the Order of the Bath and in 1955 was made a Knight of the Order of the British Empire.