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[[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] '''Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|MC}} (25 June 1898 – 1 January 1971) was a Senior Officer in the [[8th Gorkha Rifles|8th Gurkha Rifles]], [[Commandant]] of the Infantry Training Centre and Senior Liaison Officer to the Afghan delegation during the [[coronation]] of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref name="auto6">{{Lives of WWI |id= 4801196 | name= Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey }}</ref><ref name="auto4">[https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068105/document/5490913.PDF Citation for the award of the Military Cross to ''Lieutenant Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey, 1/9th Gurkha Rifles, attached 1/8th Gurkha Rifles'']</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw246621/Thomas-William-Edward-Coke-5th-Earl-of-Leicester-of-Holkham-Sardar-Shah-Wali-Khan-Mohammad-Daud-Khan-Frederick-Herbert-Willasey-Wilsey|title=Thomas William Edward Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester of Holkham; Sardar Shah Wali Khan; Mohammad Daud Khan; Frederick Herbert Willasey-Wilsey - National Portrait Gallery|website=www.npg.org.uk}}</ref><ref name="auto3">''The Eagle'', The Magazine of [[Bedford Modern School]], Vol. XXVII, No.2, Easter 1949, p.155</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9AkAAAAMAAJ&q=Willasey+Wilsey+Commandant+Infantry+Training+Centre|title=History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles, 1824-1949|first=Harold James|last=Huxford|date=19 July 1952|publisher=Gale and Polden|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Willasey Wilsey developed a good understanding of Afghanistan politics and [[Pashtun culture]], and was a proficient speaker of [[Urdu]] and [[Hindi]] with an additional working knowledge of [[Dari]] and [[Pashto]].<ref name="auto2"/> Together with [[Thomas Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester]], Willasey Wilsey accompanied [[Sardar Shah Wali Khan|Field Marshall Sardar Shah Wali Khan]] and [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]], the 5th Prime Minister of [[Afghanistan]], during the [[coronation]] of [[Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref name="auto2"/>

In 1945 he published a history of the [[8th Gorkha Rifles|8th Gurkha Rifles]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DochAQAAIAAJ&q=Willasey+Wilsey+8th+Gurkha+Rifles|title=A Connecticut Yankee in the 8th Gurkha Rifles: A Burma Memoir|first1=Scott|last1=Gilmore|first2=Patrick D.|last2=Davis|date=19 July 1995|publisher=Brassey's|isbn=9780028811062|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1500009827|title=A brief outline history of the 8th Gurkha Rifles|website=Imperial War Museums}}</ref>

==Life==
Frederick Herbert Willasey-Wilsey was born in [[Simla]], [[India]], on 25 June 1898.<ref name="auto1">India Baptisms, 1898. Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey was baptised on 30 July 1898</ref> He was the son of Herbert George Grausmore Willasey Wilsey and Ellen Margaret Willasey Wilsey.<ref name="auto1"/> He was educated in [[England]] at [[Bedford Modern School]] and later graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name="auto3"/>

During the [[World War I|First World War]], he saw active service in Mesopotamia and Palestine.<ref name="auto2"/> In 1916, he was on the unattached list to the British Indian Army as a Second Lieutenant.<ref>''[[The London Gazette]]'', Issue 29671, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29671/page/7104/data.pdf p. 7104]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Io9EAQAAIAAJ&q=willasey+wilsey+indian+army&pg=PA496|title=The Army List|first=Great Britain Ministry of|last=Defence|date=19 July 1936|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30017/page/3511|title=Page 3511 | Issue 30017, 13 April 1917 | London Gazette | The Gazette}}</ref> He was attached to the 9th Gurkha Rifles in 1917.<ref>''[[THE LONDON GAZETTE]]'', 1 JANUARY, 1918, Issue 30453, p. 149</ref> The citation for his award of a [[Military Cross]] in 1918 read:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13362/page/4443|title=Page 4443 | Issue 13362, 4 December 1918 | Edinburgh Gazette | The Gazette}}</ref>

<blockquote>Lt. Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey, l/9th (attd. l/8th) Gurkha Rif., I.A. (EGYPT) For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. 'When out on a reconnaissance patrol with eighteen men he came upon an enemy picquet on a knoll about 200 yards from our line. Three of the patrol were bombed, but he charged the post, capturing one man and driving the others away. On withdrawing he found two of his men missing, so he again charged the knoll and recovered them, bringing the whole patrol back intact. He gained valuable information, and showed both courage, and resource.</blockquote>

After the First World War, Wilsey remained in the army and was promoted to Major in 1934,<ref>''[[THE LONDON GAZETTE]]'', 24 AUGUST, 1934, Issue 34081, p. 5401</ref> [[Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] in 1942,<ref>''[[THE LONDON GAZETTE]]'', 13 NOVEMBER, 1942, Issue 35785, p. 4946</ref> and [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38008/supplement/3109|title=Page 3109 | Supplement 38008, 4 July 1947 | London Gazette | The Gazette}}</ref> He was made [[Commandant]] of the Infantry Training Centre in 1940.<ref name="auto"/>

Willasey Wilsey was Senior Liaison Officer to the Afghan delegation during the [[coronation]] of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto2"/> He had developed a good understanding of Afghanistan politics and [[Pashtun culture]], and was a proficient speaker of [[Urdu]] and [[Hindi]] with an additional working knowledge of [[Dari]] and [[Pashto]].<ref name="auto2"/> Together with [[Thomas Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester]], Willasey Wilsey accompanied [[Sardar Shah Wali Khan|Field Marshall Sardar Shah Wali Khan]] and [[Mohammed Daoud Khan]], the 5th President of [[Afghanistan]], during the [[coronation]].<ref name="auto2"/>

Willasey Wilsey married Eleanor Margerison.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8N6q5HfCRsoC&q=Colonel+F.H.+Willasey+Wilsey|title=The Tatler|date=19 July 1919|publisher=Tatler Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> He died suddenly at his home in [[Henley-on-Thames]] on New Year’s Day, 1971, and was survived by his wife and two sons.<ref>''[[The Times]]'', January 4, 1971, p.22</ref><ref>''The Evening Post'', [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[England]], Friday, May 21, 1971, p.3</ref> His son, Major-General Patrick Willasey Wilsey {{postnominals|country=GBR|CB|MBE|MC}},<ref>''Who’s Who 1980'', Published by A&C Black Limited, 1980 {{ISBN|0713620307}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54145824/anthony-patrick-willasey_wilsey|title=Anthony Patrick Willasey-Wilsey (1920-1985) -...|website=www.findagrave.com}}</ref> distinguished himself in the Royal Marines, and Major Michael Willasey Wilsey was in the Coldstream Guards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://guardsmagazine.com/obits/obits_17Winter_06WillaseyWilsey.html|title=The Guards Magazine|website=guardsmagazine.com}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-42203|title=Willasey-Wilsey, Timothy Andrew|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U42203|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref> His grandson is Tim Willasey-Wilsey, a Visiting Professor at [[King’s College, London]].<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto5"/>

==Publication==
''A Brief Outline Of The 8th Gurkha Rifles'', by F. H. W. Wilsey. Published by The Civil And Military Gazette, [[Quetta]], 1945<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TR40twAACAAJ&q=willasey+wilsey+gurkha|title=A Brief Outline History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles|first=F. H.|last=Willasey-Wilsey|date=19 July 1945|publisher=The Civil and Military Gazette|via=Google Books}}</ref>

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[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
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[[Category:People educated at Bedford Modern School]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]

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