Harry Willans


Harry Willans was a British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of James and Henrietta Willans and educated at Aldenham School, Willans was commissioned into the Bedfordshire Regiment on 23 May 1916. He became commanding officer of the Artists Rifles in 1933, commander of the 168th Infantry Brigade in May 1938 and General Officer Commanding 47th Infantry Division in August 1939. He went on to be Director-General of Welfare and Education at the War Office in December 1940. He was killed in a flying accident at El Adem Airfield near Tobruk in February 1943.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1943 New Year Honours.