Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson

Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson
Born	18 February 1859
Died	16 November 1941 (aged 82)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1878–1921
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Rifle Brigade
Commands held	12th Infantry Brigade (1912–14) 4th Division (1914–15) XII Corps (1915–19) Allied Forces, Gallipoli and Bosporus (1918–19) Allied Forces, Turkey in Europe (1919–20) British Salonika Army (1919–20) British Army of the Black Sea (1919–20)
Battles/wars	2nd Afghan War Capture of Ali Masjid 2nd Boer War Battle of Colenso Battle of Vaal Krantz First World War Battle of Le Cateau 1st Battle of the Aisne Battle of Armentieres 1st Battle of Messines 1st Battle of Ypres 2nd Battle of Ypres 1st Battle of Doiran 2nd Battle of Doiran
Awards	KCB (1915) KCMG (1918) CB (1910) Three Mentions in Despatches Croix de Commandeur, Legion d'Honneur (France) (1917) Grand Commander, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd Class (Greece) (1918) Croce di Guerra (Italy) (1919) Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)
Relations	Field Marshal Lord Wilson
Other work	Colonel-Commandant, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson, KCB, KCMG, (18 February 1859 – 16 November 1941) was a British soldier who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Second Boer War and the First World War, during which he commanded a division on the Western Front and an army corps at Salonika.

Wilson was born on 18 February 1859, the second son of Lieut-Col Fuller Maitland Wilson of Stowlangtoft Hall, Suffolk. The Second World War commander Field Marshal ‘Jumbo’ Wilson was his nephew. Wilson was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant into the Rifle Brigade in January 1878.

Joining the 4th Battalion of his regiment at Nowshera in India, Wilson served with it during the Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878–79, including the capture of Ali Masjid and the expedition in the Kunar Valley. In 1881, by now a lieutenant (promoted 1879), he served in an expedition against the Mahsud Waziris. That year he became adjutant of his battalion, and was promoted to captain in 1884.