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Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson (18 February 1859 – 16 November 1941) was a British soldier who served in the

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, the

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and the

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, during which he commanded a division on the

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and an

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Family background and early career

Wilson was born on 18 February 1859, the second son of Lieut-Col

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of Stowlangtoft Hall, Suffolk. The

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commander Field Marshal 'Jumbo' Wilson was his nephew.''Burke’s'' 'Wilson'. Wilson was educated at

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and the

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, and was commissioned as a

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into the

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in January 1878.

India

Joining the 4th

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of his

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at Nowshera in

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, Wilson served with it during the

1878–79, including the capture of

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and the expedition in the

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. In 1881, by now a

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(promoted 1879), he served in an expedition against the Mahsud Waziris.''Hart’s Army List''. That year he became

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of his battalion, and was promoted to

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in 1884.''Army List''. On 29 April 1884 Wilson married Charlotte Elise Gough (died 17 August 1942), the daughter of Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Gough, VC, of the

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. The Great War commanders General Sir Hubert Gough and Brigadier-General Sir John Gough, were her cousins. In 1887, shortly after he took command of the

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, Sir Hugh appointed his son-in-law as his aide-de-camp.

Home service and South Africa

Wilson returned to regimental duty after two years, and in 1892 was appointed adjutant of 5th Bn Rifle Brigade. This was a

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battalion, previously the Queen's Own Royal Tower Hamlets Light Infantry (2nd Tower Hamlets Militia) based in

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in the East End of London. He was promoted to

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in 1895. Wilson transferred to 1st Bn Rifle Brigade in time to serve in the

. He was in the campaign to relieve

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, including the battles of Colenso,

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and Pieter's Hill. He was promoted brevet

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and received two

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for his services. Wilson then became second-in-command of 4th Bn Rifle Brigade in

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, but was back in South Africa with the battalion for the final operations in the

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in early 1902, for which he received a further mention in despatches. After peace was declared in May 1902, he left South Africa on board the SS ''Bavarian'' and arrived in the United Kingdom the following month. Wilson received the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel on 7 November 1902 and took command of 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade, in which his nephew

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was a junior officer. Between 1902 and 1907 the battalion was stationed in Egypt, Aden, and India.''Army List'' Wilson was promoted brevet

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in 1904 and full colonel in 1907. After completing his five-year period of command, he was appointed assistant

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of the South Army in India, in the grade of

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. He was awarded the companionship of the

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(CB) in 1910. Wilson went on

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in 1911 but the following year came back onto full pay as a temporary

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with the appointment as General Officer Commanding (GOC) 12th Infantry Brigade, based at

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First World War

France and Flanders

12th Brigade formed part of 4th Division of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), ready to go overseas in the event of hostilities. When the European War broke out in August 1914, the 4th Division proceeded to France as soon as its coastal defence duties could be handed over. The division arrived at the front on 26 August, hungry, wet and weary after a night march, and was rushed into action at the

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. Wilson's 12th Bde was taken by surprise and suffered heavy casualties, but rallied and held the extreme left of the British line until the BEF was able to retreat. On 9 September the commander of 4th Division was disabled by an accident and Wilson took over as acting GOC, leading it at the crossing of the

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sector, 4th Division detraining at St Omer and taking part in the

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. Influenced by his sluggish corps commander, Pulteney, Wilson did not push on, and even withdrew a battalion that was making good progress, but he did eventually secure the crossings of the River Lys and the town of Armentieres. Wilson's promotion to major-general was notified on 26 October, and he was confirmed in command of 4th Division. During the 1st Battle of Messines on 1 November, 4th Division's rifle fire held off an attack by the German Guard Cavalry Division ordered personally by the

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, and did not need to retire to positions that had been prepared in the rear. The division continued to hold its line in front of

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('Plug Street') Wood for the duration of the

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. When the German gas attack initiated the

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on 22 April 1915, 4th Division was in GHQ (General Headquarters) Reserve, and over the following days parts of it were sent up piecemeal to reinforce the

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, plug gaps in the line, and take part in the counter-attacks around Kitchener's Wood. It was not until 4 May that Wilson was able to reassemble his division to relieve the Canadians – parts of it had been assigned to six different divisions. Wilson was made a

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(KCB) in June that year, and in September was promoted to temporary

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as GOC of the newly organised

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Salonika

In November 1915, XII Corps was sent from France with 22nd, 26th and 28th Divisions under command to reinforce

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forces on the

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. Wilson and his corps

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(HQ) arrived at the port of

on 12 November, but the commander of the

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(BSF) took Wilson's staff to establish his own HQ, and Wilson was left unemployed for a month. On 14 December 1915 the

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sanctioned the establishment of two corps within the BSF and Wilson reformed XII Corps. After a period holding the defensive position known as 'the Birdcage' around Salonika, XII Corps moved up-country in July 1916, taking over former French positions, but only part of Wilson's command was involved in the fighting during the summer and autumn. Wilson was ordered to prepare an attack on the

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positions west of Lake Doiran in April 1917. The area to be attacked was 'a defender's dream, being a tangled mass of hills cut by numerous ravines'. Wilson planned a three-stage operation to capture the three lines of defences, preceded by a short intense bombardment. The BSF's commander, Sir George Milne decided that his manpower was too limited, and reduced Wilson's plan to a smaller assault on the first defence line only, preceded by a three-day bombardment to neutralise enemy batteries and destroy trenches and barbed wire. This of course lost the element of surprise in Wilson's plan, but the Bulgarians were well aware of what was coming. Only three brigades were engaged, but the casualties were high and little ground was gained. Despite Wilson's misgivings, Milne ordered a second attack two weeks later. The assault troops managed to cross

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, but it was difficult to get information back to HQs, and some companies simply disappeared. This 1st Battle of Doiran (second battle by Bulgarian reckoning) had been a failure, and with many troops being withdrawn to other theatres, Wilson and XII Corps did not get another opportunity to launch a major attack until 18 September 1918. On that day, with two brigades of 22nd Division and the Greek Seres Division, XII Corps failed to take 'Pip Ridge' and the 'Grande Couronne'. Again Wilson advised Milne against an immediate resumption of the attack. The following day he attacked with a brigade from 27th Division supported by the remnants of 22nd Division, the Seres Division, and the French 2nd Regiment of

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. Once more the attack failed with heavy casualties, and at 11.00 Wilson informed Milne that nothing would be gained by continuing the fight. However, the 2nd Battle of Doiran had served its purpose by drawing Bulgarian attention away from Gen Franchet d’Esperey's main Franco-Serbian thrust, which broke through the Bulgarian lines further west. On 21 September the downcast men of the BSF were stunned to be ordered to pursue the retreating Bulgarians, with XII Corps in the lead. Bulgaria signed an

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with the Allies on 29 September, but the BSF continued to advance across Bulgaria towards the Turkish frontier, until the

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also signed the

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on 31 October.

Postwar

Wilson was appointed GOC Allied Forces

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and

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, and his men occupied those two straits while the Allied fleet steamed through on 12 November 1918. Wilson landed from the fleet the following day and was greeted by a

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of 300 released British

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(POWs), clothed in rough civilian dress provided by the neutral Dutch ambassador in place of their prisoners' rags. Wilson spent the next two years dealing with the complexities of the

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, arranging the handover of Turkish munitions and defences, and the repatriation not only of released Allied POWs but of some 10,000 German troops left behind in Turkey. Wilson was promoted to substantive lieutenant-general on 1 January 1919, and on 11 February he ceased to command XII Corps, becoming instead Commander, Allied Forces Turkey in Europe, British Salonika Army, and British Army of the Black Sea, which combined posts he held until 18 November 1920. He retired on 13 July the following year. In retirement he was appointed colonel-commandant of 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade 1921–29.N.B. Leslie, ''The Succession of Colonels of the British Army from 1660 to the Present Day'', Society for Army Historical Research Special Publication No 11 (1974). He died on 16 November 1941.

Family

Sir Henry and Lady Wilson had three children: *Arthur Henry Maitland Wilson, b 22 January 1885, accidentally killed 29 January 1918. *Hugh Maitland Wilson, 6 April 1886. *Muriel Maitland Wilson, died unmarried 25 June 1950.

Notes

References

*''Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'' (1953 edn). *Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, ''Official History of the Great War, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1914'' Volume I: ''Mons, the Retreat to the Seine, the Marne and the Aisne August–October 1914'', London: Macmillan (3rd edn 1933; Shearer reprint 1984). *Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, ''Official History of the Great War, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1914'' Volume II: ''Antwerp, La Bassee, Armentieres, Messines, and Ypres October–November 1914'', London: Macmillan (1925; Imperial War Museum reprint 1995) (). *Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, ''Official History of the Great War, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1915'', Volume I: ''Winter 1914-15: Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres'', London: Macmillan (1927). *Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, ''Official History of the Great War, Military Operations: France and Belgium 1915'', Volume II, ''Battle of Aubers Ridge, Festubert, and Loos'', London: Macmillan (1928). *Capt Cyril Falls, ''Official History, Military Operations: Macedonia'', Volume I: ''From the Outbreak of War to Spring 1917'', London: HMSO (1933). *Capt Cyril Falls, ''Official History, Military Operations: Macedonia'', Volume II: ''From the Spring of 1917 to the End of the War'', London: HMSO (1935). * A.H. Farrar-Hockley, ''Ypres 1914: Death of an Army'', London: Arthur Barker (1967, Pan reprint 1970). *Anthony Farrar-Hockley, ''Goughie: The Life of General Sir Hubert Gough'', London: Hart-Davis Macgibbon (1975). *John Terraine, ''Mons: The Retreat to Victory'', London: Batsford (1990, Pan reprint 1972). *Alan Wakefield & Simon Moody, ''Under the Devil’s Eye: Britain’s Forgotten Army at Salonika 1915–1918'', Stroud: Sutton Publishing (2004). , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Henry Fuller 1859 births 1941 deaths People from Mid Suffolk District People educated at Eton College Rifle Brigade officers Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army generals of World War I Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath