Brigadier Brigadier ( ) is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore (rank), commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several t ...

Eric FitzGerald Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon, CMG, DSO (1881–1946) was an Irish peer and

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

officer who served in

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. He was educated at Rugby School and won the DSO, Legion of Honour, CMG, Croix de Guerre, Belgian Croix de Guerre and Order of Leopold of Belgian. He was a member of the Travellers' Club and lived at 5 Embankment Gardens Chelsea, London SW3. He and his wife, Nora Juanita Muriel (née Beckett), had two children. Their son, Michael Eric Dillon, succeeded his father as the 20th Viscount Dillon. Their daughter, Pamela Dillon, married

William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow William Arthur Bampfylde Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow, (11 June 1913 – 3 June 1971), known as Viscount Cranley until 1945, was a British peer, politician and army officer. Onslow was the eldest son of Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Royal Munster Fusiliers officers British Army personnel of World War I 1946 deaths 1881 births Place of birth missing Place of death missing Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Earls in the Jacobite peerage

Eric The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-N ...

British Army brigadiers People educated at Rugby School