Edwin Morris (British Army officer)
Sir Edwin Morris | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 March 1889 |
| Died | 29 June 1970 (aged 81) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1908–1948 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Royal Engineers |
| Commands held | West Sussex County Division 1st Infantry Division IX Corps Chief of the General Staff (India) Northern Command |
| Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches |
General Sir Edwin Logie Morris KCB, OBE, MC (10 March 1889 – 29 June 1970) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.
Military career
Edwin Morris was commissioned into the Royal Engineers: he was an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley between 1926 and 1930: he went on to become a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1931.[1] From 1934 he was Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence for India and from 1936 he was Deputy Director of Military Operations at the War Office.[1] In 1939 he was appointed a Brigadier on the staff of Northern Command.[1]
At the start of the Second World War, Morris was Director of Staff Duties at the War Office.[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) West Sussex County Division in 1940 and General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division in 1941.[1] Later in 1941 he became GOC IX Corps and in 1942 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff in India.[1] In 1944 he was appoined General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command.[1] In 1946 he went on to be Head of the Army Representative Military Staff Committee in the United Nations, a post he held until he retired in 1948.[1]
He was also Aide-de-Camp General to the King from 1947 to 1948.[1]
From 1951 to 1958 he was the Chief Royal Engineer.[2]