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