William Wyndham Green
Sir William Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 May 1887 |
| Died | November 1979 (aged 92) New Romney |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1907–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Anti-Aircraft Command |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross and bar |
Lieutenant General Sir William Wyndham Green KBE CB DSO MC (1887–1979) was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command.
Military career
Green was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1907.[1]
He served in World War I latterly as a Brigade Major in France.[1] He was awarded the MC for extinguishing a burning gun-pit under heavy fire in 1917.[2]
In 1926 he became an Instructor in Gunnery at the School of Artillery.[1] In 1929 he went to India and served on the North West Frontier, before returning to the School of Artillery in 1937 as Chief Instructor for Equipment.[1] In 1938 he was appointed Commandant at the Royal Military College of Science.[1]
He served in World War II initially as Brigadier Royal Artillery at Northern Command and then, from 1941, as Second in Command in Gibraltar.[1] In 1942 he became Commander of 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division and in 1943 he was made Commander of 5th and 6th Anti-Aircraft Groups.[1]
After the War he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Anti-Aircraft Command; he retired in 1946.[1]
He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1947 to 1952.[1]
The family home was at Little Gables in New Romney in Kent.[3]
Family
In 1924 he married Aline Hope Primrose Cobbold and they went on to have one son and a daughter.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "No. 30287". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 17 September 1917. - ^ "No. 38789". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 20 December 1949. - ^ The Cobbold Family History Trust
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1887 births
- 1979 deaths
- British Army generals of World War II
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Royal Artillery officers