Английская Википедия:Frederick Witts
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Lieutenant-General Frederick Vavasour Broome Witts Шаблон:Postnominals (30 January 1889 – 10 March 1969) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Radley College,[1] Witts, the son of a clergyman,Шаблон:Sfn was commissioned into the Royal Engineers after graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, on 23 July 1907.[2]Шаблон:Sfn He served in the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross, as well as the Distinguished Service Order (DSO),[3] and was mentioned in dispatches three times during the war.Шаблон:Sfn The citation for his MC reads:
Witts attended the Staff College, Quetta, from 1922−1923 and served at the War Office in London for the next four years.Шаблон:Sfn After serving on the directing staff at the Staff College, Camberley, from 1930−1932,Шаблон:Sfn Witts became Commander Royal Engineers for the 5th Infantry Division in 1933, Brigadier on the general staff of Western Command in India in December 1937 and commander of the 8th Indian Brigade in India in May 1938.[4]
In the Second World War he served as General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division from September 1939, Deputy Chief of Staff for the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France from April 1940 and General Officer Commanding 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division from May 1940.[5] After that he became General Officer Commanding Bombay District in India from July 1941 and Acting General Officer Commanding Southern Command in India in 1942 before retiring in 1943.[6]
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