Edwin Morris (British Army officer)

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Sir Edwin Morris
Born 1889
Died 1970
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Rank General
Commands held West Sussex County Division
1st Infantry Division
IX Corps
Northern Command
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

General Sir Edwin Logie Morris KCB OBE MC (1889–1970) was a British Army General during World War II.

Military career

Edwin Morris was commissioned into the Royal Engineers: he was an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley between 1926 and 1930: he went on to become a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1931.[1] From 1934 he was Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence for India and from 1936 he was Deputy Director of Military Operations at the War Office.[1] In 1939 he was appointed a Brigadier on the staff of Northern Command.[1]

At the start of World War II Morris was Director of Staff Duties at the War Office.[1] He was appointed GOC West Sussex County Division in 1940 and General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division in 1941.[1] Later in 1941 he became GOC IX Corps and in 1942 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff in India.[1] In 1944 he was appoined General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command.[1] In 1946 he went on to be Head of the Army Representative Military Staff Committee in the United Nations, a post he held until he retired in 1948.[1]

He was also Aide-de-Camp General to the King from 1947 to 1948.[1]

From 1951 to 1958 he was the Chief Royal Engineer.[2]

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Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding the 1st Infantry Division
May 1941–November 1941
Succeeded by
Walter Clutterbuck
Preceded by GOC, IX Corps
November 1941 – January 1942
Succeeded by
Francis Nosworthy
Preceded by Chief of the General Staff (India)
1942–1944
Succeeded by
Sir John Swayne
Preceded by GOC-in-C Northern Command
1944–1946
Succeeded by
Sir Philip Christison
Honorary titles
Preceded by Chief Royal Engineer
1951–1958
Succeeded by
Sir Kenneth Crawford
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  2. Royal Engineers Museum