Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (born 1881)

Henry Maitland Wilson

British field marshal (1881–1964)

Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson,, also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British Army officer of the 20th century. He saw active service in the Second Boer War and then during the First World War on the Somme and at Passchendaele. During the Second World…