John Tyson Wigan

Brigadier-General John Tyson Wigan CB CMG DSO
Born	July 1877 West Hartlepool
Died	November, 1952 Cuckfield, West Sussex
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	May 1897–1919
Rank	Brigadier-General
Unit	13th Hussars Berkshire Yeomanry
Commands held	Berkshire Yeomanry 7th Mounted Brigade 22nd Mounted Brigade
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War • Battle of Gallipoli • Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Other work	MP for Abingdon High Sheriff of Essex

Brigadier-General John Tyson Wigan, CB CMG DSO (July 1877 – November 1952) was a senior British Army officer and later a Conservative Party politicia. He served with the Desert Mounted Corps during World War I, and was wounded in action three times during campaigning at the Battle of Gallipoli and during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. He had previously been badly wounded in the Second Boer War.

Following his retirement from the army post-war, Wigan became a Member of Parliament (MP) for three years.

John Wigan was born in July 1877 in West Hartlepool and educated at Rugby School before joining the British Army in May 1897 with the 13th Hussars. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 8 March 1899, and later that year was deployed to South Africa for service in the Second Boer War, in which he was seriously wounded. Following his return, he was promoted to the rank of Captain on 26 March 1902. In 1909, Wigan retired from the regular army and transferred to the Territorial Army with the Berkshire Yeomanry. This force was activated at the outbreak of World War I and sent to the Mediterranean.