Frederick Willis (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Willis KCB (16 July 1827 – 28 May 1899) was a British Army General who held high office in the 1880s.^[2]

Sir Frederick Willis
Birth name	Frederick Arthur Willis
Born	16 July 1827[1] Kensington, London
Died	28 May 1899(1899-05-28) (aged 71) Worplesdon, Surrey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	Northern District
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Willis was commissioned into the 70th Regiment of Foot in 1844.^[3]

In 1881, he was invited to command an Infantry Brigade at Aldershot^[4] and then in 1884 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District.^[5] He remained in this post until 1886.^[6]

He was awarded the colonelcy of the Northumberland Fusiliers from 1895 to his death in 1899.^[7]

He was made KCB posthumously in the 1899 Birthday Honours, which were announced days after his death.^[8]

References

1. Boase, Frederic (1901). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Since the Year 1850, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter. Netherton and Worth, For the author. p. 1387.
2. "Deaths". The Times. 1 June 1899. p. 1.
3. "No. 20389". The London Gazette. 27 September 1844. p. 3354.
4. "No. 25054". The London Gazette. 30 December 1881. p. 6929.
5. "No. 25329". The London Gazette. 18 March 1884. p. 1305.
6. Whitaker's Almanack 1886
7. "Colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
8. "No. 27086". The London Gazette. 3 June 1899. p. 3585.

Military offices
Preceded by William Cameron	GOC Northern District 1884–1886	Succeeded by Charles Daniell
Preceded by Joseph Henry Laye	Colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers 1895–1899	Succeeded by Sir George Bryan Milman