Christopher Welby-Everard
| Sir Christopher Welby-Everard | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 August 1909 Spalding, Lincolnshire |
| Died | 10 May 1996 (aged 86) Sleaford, Lincolnshire |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1932–1965 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment GOC, Nigerian Army |
| Battles/wars |
1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Mentioned in Dispatches |
Major-General Sir Christopher Earle Welby-Everard KBE CB DL (9 August 1909 – 10 May 1996) was a senior British Army officer and the last British commander of the Nigerian Army.
Welby-Everard was the son of Edward Everard Earle Welby-Everard and the great-grandson of Sir Glynne Welby, 3rd Baronet. He was educated at Charterhouse School and graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1931.
On 30 April 1932 he commissioned from the General List, Territorial Army into the Lincolnshire Regiment. He served in the 2nd Battalion, seeing action in the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, before working as Adjutant at the Regimental Depot in Lincoln between 1937 and 1939. Between 1939 and 1943 he worked as a staff officer and attended the Staff College, Camberley. In 1944 Welby-Everard was Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment and was wounded during the Invasion of Normandy. He subsequently served on the staff of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division before serving at Middle East Land Forces until September 1948. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1945.
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