Douglas Wimberley
| Douglas Wimberley | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | "Tartan Tam" "Lang Tam" |
| Born |
15 August 1896 Inverness, Scotland |
| Died | 26 August 1983 (aged 87) Coupar Angus, Scotland |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1915–46 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit |
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Machine Gun Corps |
| Commands held |
Staff College, Camberley 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 46th Infantry Division 152nd Infantry Brigade 13th Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |
| Battles/wars |
First World War North-West Frontier Second World War |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in despatches |
| Other work |
Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod Principal of University College, Dundee |
Major General Douglas Neil Wimberley, CB, DSO, MC (15 August 1896 – 26 August 1983) was a senior British Army officer, who commanded the 51st (Highland) Division at the Battle of Alamein during the Second World War and led it across North Africa and in the Allied campaign in Sicily.
A career soldier, he served on the Western Front during the First World War. He later served as a staff officer and line officer in many parts of the British Empire in the interwar period, before rising to the command of the unit which would make his name in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II. After the war, he retired from the army and served as the Principal of University College, Dundee before retiring and writing his memoirs.
Douglas Neil Wimberley was born on 15 August 1896 at 8 Ardross Terrace, Inverness, Scotland, the son of Surgeon-Captain (later Colonel) Charles Neil Campbell Wimberley, and Minnie Lesmoir Gordon, daughter of R. J. Wimberley.
Wimberley was educated at Alton Burn, Nairn, Wellington College, followed by Cambridge University. In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War, he entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. On 11 May 1915 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant, into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.
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