John Harold Owen Wilsey

John Wilsey
Born	1904
Died	20 July 1961 St. Saviour, Jersey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1936-1956
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	9th Bn Worcestershire Regiment 7th Duke of Wellington's Regiment 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 5th Infantry Brigade 2nd Division
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order

Major-General John Harold Owen Wilsey CB CBE DSO (1904 – 20 July 1961) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division.

Military career

Educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College Sandhurst,^[1] Wilsey was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment and then transferred into the Worcestershire Regiment in 1936.^[2] He served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of 9th Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment in Northern Ireland and South East England and then as Commanding Officer of the 7th Duke of Wellington's Regiment at the Normandy landings in 1944 before taking command of 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division for the campaign in North West Europe.^[2] He was appointed Commander of 5th Infantry Brigade in 1949, Director of Infantry in 1951 and Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1953.^[2] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 2nd Division from 1954 before retiring in 1956.^[3]

In retirement he lived at Maufant Manor in St. Saviour on Jersey.^[2]

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