William Oliver (British Army officer)

Sir William Oliver
Born	1901
Died	1981
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1920–1957
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Commands held	British Forces in Berlin 31st Independent Infantry Brigade 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion, Welch Regiment
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Lieutenant General Sir William Pasfield Oliver GBE, KCB, KCMG (1901–1981) was a senior British Army officer who served as Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1955 to 1957.

Oliver was commissioned into the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in 1920. He became Adjutant of his Regiment in 1927 and went on to be an Instructor at the Army School of Physical Training at Aldershot in 1931. He went out to India as a Staff Captain in 1936 and then became a General Staff Officer in 1937.

He served in the Second World War as a lieutenant colonel on the staff of the Tactical School in 1940 before becoming a General Staff Officer at Southern Command in 1940. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 70th Bn the Welch Regiment in 1941 and then became a General Staff Officer with responsibility for operations at Eastern Command in 1942. He was Deputy Director of Military Operations at the War Office later in 1942 and then Brigadier on the General Staff at 9th Army HQ in the Middle East from 1943. He was made Director of Military Operations for Middle East Land Forces in 1944 and then returned to his post as Brigadier on the General Staff at 9th Army HQ in the Middle East in 1944. He became Chief of Staff to General Sir Bernard Paget at General Headquarters, Middle East in 1945.

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