Henry Wilson (British Army officer, born 1859)

Lieutenant-General

Sir Henry Wilson

KCB KCMG
Lieutenant-General; Sir Henry Wilson; KCB KCMG
	Wilson in Macedonia, 1916
Born	18 February 1859; Suffolk, England
Died	16 November 1941 (aged 82)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1878–1921
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Commands	12th Infantry Brigade (1912–1914); 4th Division (1914–1915); XII Corps (1915–1919); Allied Forces, Gallipoli and Bosporus (1918–1919); Allied Forces, Turkey in Europe (1919–1920); British Salonika Army (1919–1920); British Army of the Black Sea (1919–1920)
Conflicts	Second Afghan War Capture of Ali Masjid; ; Second Boer War Battle of Colenso; Battle of Vaal Krantz; ; World War I Battle of Le Cateau; First Battle of the Aisne; Battle of Armentieres; First Battle of Messines; First Battle of Ypres; Second Battle of Ypres; First Battle of Doiran; Second Battle of Doiran; ;
Awards	KCB (1915); KCMG (1918); CB (1910); Three Mentions in Despatches; Croix de Commandeur, Legion d'Honneur (France) (1917); Grand Commander, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd Class (Greece) (1918); Croce di Guerra (Italy) (1919); Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)
Relations	Field Marshal Lord Wilson
Other work	Colonel Commandant, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson KCB KCMG (18 February 1859 – 16 November 1941) was a British Army officer who, throughout his long military career which spanned over four decades, served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Second Boer War and the First World War, during which he served with distinction, commanding a brigade and a division on the Western Front and an army corps in the lesser-known Salonikan campaign from 1915 to 1918.