John Edwards (British Army officer)


John Keith Edwards was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Edwards was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1915. He served in First World War and was awarded the Military Cross. He went on to become an instructor at the Staff College, Quetta in India in 1936 and a staff officer in Palestine and Transjordan in 1939. In the Second World War he served as Brigadier on the general staff at East Africa Command from 1940, commander of the 148th Independent Brigade in 1942 and General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division from 1943. His last appointment was as Head of the SHAEF Mission to the Netherlands before retiring in 1947.