Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Somerville Chilton, KBE, CB (11 January 1898 – 21 August 1956) was a senior officer in the British Army who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1955 to 1956.
Maurice Chilton | |
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 Chilton (left) behind King George VI with (from left) Field Marshal Montgomery and Lieutenant General Dempsey in Holland, 1944 | |
| Born | 11 January 1898 |
| Died | 21 August 1956 (aged 58) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1915–1956 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 13379 |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Commands | East Anglian District Anti-Aircraft Command |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches |
Military career
editEducated at Rugby School, Chilton entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 28 July 1915.[1][2] He served in the First World War in France and attended the Staff College, Camberley in 1930.[2] He also served in the Second World War latterly as Chief of Staff for the Second Army[3] and then as Deputy Adjutant General for 21st Army Group.[2]
After the war, Chilton became Director of Air at the War Office and then General Officer Commanding East Anglian District from 1948.[2] He was made General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Anti-Aircraft Command in 1953; in that capacity, he visited his units on Merseyside and Tyneside.[4] He became Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1955 and died while still serving in that role in 1956.[2]
Family
editIn 1926, Chilton married Margaret Sinclair.[5]
References
edit- ^ "No. 29242". The London Gazette. 27 July 1915. p. 7335.
- ^ a b c d e "Sir Maurice (Somerville) Chilton". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Hamilton, Nigel (1983). Master of the Battlefield Monty's War Years 1942–1944. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 735. ISBN 978-0-07-025806-8.
- ^ Defence Exercise Glasgow Herald, 24 May 1954
- ^ Chilton genealogy
