{{Short description|British Indian Army general (1882–1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = General | name = Sir Roger Wilson | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|DSO|MC}} | image = Rogercwilson.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 26 December 1882 | birth_place = Richmond, Surrey, England | death_date = {{dda|1966|2|5|1882|12|26|df=y}} | death_place = Cape Town, South Africa | burial_label = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = {{army|British Raj}} | service_years = 1901–1941 | service_number = | rank = General | unit = | commands = | battles = World War I<br />World War II | awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath<br />Distinguished Service Order<br />Military Cross<br>Mentioned in dispatches (6){{sfn|Smart|2005|p=339}} | relations = | other_work = }} General '''Sir Roger Cochrane Wilson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|DSO|MC}} (26 December 1882 – 5 February 1966) was a senior British Indian Army officer who served as Military Secretary to the India Office.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Obituary: General Sir Roger Wilson |work=The Times |page= 12 |date=7 February 1966 }}</ref>
==Early life and education== Wilson was born in 1882, the son of Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, who was also an officer in the British Indian Army, and Louisa Agnes Marshall. He attended Wellington College in Berkshire and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.<ref name="times"/>{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=339}}
==Military career== Wilson was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27311|page=3129|date=7 May 1901}}</ref> He transferred to the 117th Mahrattas in 1904<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27716|page=6139|date=23 September 1904}}</ref> and subsequently to the 114th Mahrattas.<ref>London Gazette 21 June 1910</ref>
Wilson served in served in Mesopotamia during World War I, at the beginning of which he had been a student at the Staff College, Quetta,{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=339}} and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29876|supp=y|page=12557|date=22 December 1916}}</ref> and the Croix de Guerre for his service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30264|supp=y|page=9108|date=31 August 1917}}</ref>
In 1926, he became Commander of the Wana Brigade, part of Northern Command, in India.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33611|supp=y|page=3475|date=30 May 1930}}</ref> Then in 1931 he was made Commandant of the Staff College at Quetta<ref name=dk>[http://generals.dk/general/Wilson/Sir_Roger_Cochrane/Great_Britain.html Generals.dk]</ref> and in 1934 he became General Officer Commanding Rawalpindi District.<ref name=dk/> He was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office in 1936<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34289|page=3448|date=29 May 1936}}</ref> and Adjutant-General, India in 1937.<ref>[http://www.ordersofbattle.com/PersonData.aspx?PerX=520755 Orders of Battle]</ref>
He was promoted to full General<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34843|supp=y|page=2699|date=3 May 1940}}</ref> and became an Aide-de-Camp General to the King in 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34900|page=4439|date=19 July 1940}}</ref> He retired in 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35228|page=4294|date=25 July 1941}}</ref>
He was also Colonel of the 5th Royal Battalion of the Mahratta Light Infantry.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38419|page=5243|date=1 October 1948}}</ref>
==Family== Wilson married Marian Blanche Florence Hollway, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel James Clinton Hollway, in 1905. They had two sons and two daughters.<ref name="times"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}
==External links== *[https://generals.dk/general/Wilson/Roger_Cochrane/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Thomas Humphreys}} {{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Staff College, Quetta|years=1931−1934}} {{s-aft|after=Guy Williams}} |- {{s-bef|before=Sir John Coleridge}} {{s-ttl|title=Military Secretary to the India Office|years=1936−1937}} {{s-aft|after=Sir Sydney Muspratt}} |- {{s-bef|before=Sir John Brind}} {{s-ttl|title=Adjutant-General, India|years=1937−1941}} {{s-aft|after=Brodie Haig}} {{end}}
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