William Archibald Kenneth Fraser

William Archibald Kenneth Fraser
Born	19 December 1886
Died	9 February 1969 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Years of service	40
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	South Persia Rifles Sam Brownes Cavalry (12th Frontier Force) Mhow Brigade 10th Indian Infantry Division
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath (1941) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1922) Distinguished Service Order (1919) (1922) Member of the Royal Victorian Order (1928) Military Cross (1916) Mentioned in Despatches (1916) Military Cross (1st Class) (Belgium) (1948)

William Archibald Kenneth Fraser, CB, CBE, DSO and Bar, MVO, MC (1886–1969) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I and World War II.

Born the son of Colonel James Fraser of the Royal Army Medical Corps, William trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and then joined the Indian Army in 1905. He served with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and 16th The Queen's Lancers on the Western Front during World War I taking part in the Great Retreat in August 1914, the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 and the Battle of Arras in April 1917.

He became Commanding Officer of the South Persia Rifles in 1919, Assistant Quartermaster General in 1920 and Inspector General of the South Persia Rifles later that year. He went on to be military attaché in Kabul in 1922, military attaché in Teheran in 1924 and military Secretary to Governor of Bengal in 1930. He was made Commandant of Sam Browne's Cavalry and Commander of the 10th (Jubbulpore) Infantry Brigade in 1936, a General Staff Officer Grade 1 at Lahore District in 1936 and Commander of the Mhow Brigade in 1938.

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