Henry Willcox
| Sir Henry Willcox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1889 |
| Died | 1968 (aged 78 or 79) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
15th Infantry Brigade 13th Infantry Brigade 42nd Division I Corps Central Command, India |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Beresford Dennitts Willcox KCIE CB DSO MC (1889–1968) was a British Army General during World War II.
Military career
Willcox was commissioned into the Sherwood Foresters from the New Zealand Forces in 1911.[1]
He served in World War I ultimately as a General Staff Officer on the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in 1917.[1]
After the War he became a General Staff Officer initially for the Home Forces, then at Aldershot, then in Mesopotamia and Iraq, then at Southern Command and finally at the Staff College.[1]
In 1936 he became Assistant Adjutant General for Palestine and Transjordan and in 1937 he was made an Instructor at the Staff College in Quetta in India 1937.[1] He was appointed Commander of 15th Infantry Brigade in 1938 and of 13th Infantry Brigade in 1939.[1]
He served in World War II becoming General Officer Commanding 42nd Division in 1940,[2] GOC I Corps later in 1940 and then GOC Central Command, India in 1942 and Chairman of the Army Reorganisation Committee set up to consider India's postwar needs in 1944; he retired in 1946.[1]
He was also Colonel of the Sherwood Foresters from 1946 to 1947.[1]
References
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Laurence Carr |
GOC I Corps 1941 – 1942 |
Succeeded by Sir Frederick Morgan |
| Preceded by New Post |
GOC-in-C, Central Command, India 1942 – 1944 |
Succeeded by Sir Geoffrey Scoones |