Maurice Chilton

Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Somerville Chilton KBE CB (11 January 1898 – 21 August 1956) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Sir Maurice Chilton
Born	11 January 1898
Died	21 August 1956 (aged 58)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1915–1956
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands held	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

Military career

Educated at Rugby School, Chilton was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1915.[1] He served in the First World War in France and attended the Staff College, Camberley in 1930.[1] He also served in the Second World War latterly as Chief of Staff for the Second Army[2] and then as Deputy Adjutant General for 21st Army Group.[1]

After the war he became Director of Air at the War Office and then General Officer Commanding East Anglian District from 1948.[1] 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.[3] He became Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1955 and died while still serving in that role in 1956.[1]

Family

In 1926 he married Margaret Sinclair.[4]

References

1. "Sir Maurice (Somerville) Chilton". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
2. Hamilton, Nigel (1983). Master of the Battlefield Monty's War Years 1942-1944. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 735.
3. Defence Exercise Glasgow Herald, 24 May 1954
4. Chilton genealogy

External links

• Generals of World War II