Maurice Chilton

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.

Sir Maurice Chilton
Chilton (left) behind King George VI with (from left) Field Marshal Montgomery and Lieutenant General Dempsey in Holland, 1944
Born(1898-01-11)11 January 1898
Died21 August 1956(1956-08-21) (aged 58)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1915–1956
RankLieutenant General
Service number13379
UnitRoyal Artillery
Commands heldEast Anglian District
Anti-Aircraft Command
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches

Military career

Educated 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

In 1926 Chilton married Margaret Sinclair.[5]

References
  1. "No. 29242". The London Gazette. 27 July 1915. p. 7335.
  2. "Sir Maurice (Somerville) Chilton". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. Hamilton, Nigel (1983). Master of the Battlefield Monty's War Years 1942–1944. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 735.
  4. Defence Exercise Glasgow Herald, 24 May 1954
  5. Chilton genealogy
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