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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British Army general (1881–1959)}}<br />
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1881|09|10|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Bangalore]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|1959|02|02|1881|09|10|df=yes}}<br />
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|allegiance= United Kingdom<br />
|branch= [[British Army]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1901–1941<br />
|rank= [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]<br />
|servicenumber= 8372<br />
|unit= [[Royal Engineers]]<br />
|commands= [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]] (1938–41)<br/>[[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|5th Infantry Division]] (1937–38)<br/>[[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Staff College, Quetta]] (1934–37)<br/>[[8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Brigade]] (1927–28)<br/>[[199th (Manchester) Brigade|199th Brigade]] (1918)<br />
|battles= [[Second Boer War]]<br/>[[First World War]]<br/>[[1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine|Arab revolt in Palestine]]<br/>[[Second World War]]<br />
|awards= [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]] (7)<br />
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Guy Charles Williams''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|CMG|DSO}} (10 September 1881 – 2 February 1959) was a [[British Army]] officer who served as [[General officer commanding|General Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] (GOC-in-C) [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]] during the [[Second World War]].<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Born in [[Bangalore]] in [[British Raj|British India]] on 10 September 1881, Guy Williams was sent to England where he was educated at [[Sherborne School]].{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=335}} He later attended the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], where he was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Engineers]] and,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28389|page=4488|date=24 June 1910}}</ref> after serving briefly in the [[Second Boer War]], served in the [[First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29833|supp=y|page=11388|date=23 November 1916}}</ref>{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=335}} His service in the war was outstanding, being [[mentioned in dispatches]] seven times and awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in 1915 and, in 1918, commanding the [[199th (Manchester) Brigade|199th Brigade]] of the [[66th Division (United Kingdom)|66th Division]], where he had previously been Commander Royal Engineers (CRE).{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=336}}<br />
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After attending the [[Staff College, Camberley]], graduating in 1919, Williams was appointed Deputy Military Secretary at the [[War Office]] in 1923 and the commander of the [[8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Brigade]] in 1927.<ref name=dk>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Williams/Sir_Guy_Charles/Great_Britain.html Generals.dk]</ref> In 1928 he became an instructor at the [[Royal College of Defence Studies|Imperial Defence College]] and then Engineer in Chief at Aldershot Command.<ref name=dk/> In 1934 he was appointed commandant of the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Staff College, Quetta]], in India, and in 1937 he became [[General Officer Commanding]] (GOC) of the [[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|5th Division]].<ref name=dk/> The division was then stationed in [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] during the [[1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine|Arab revolt]].{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=336}}<br />
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Williams served in the [[Second World War]] as GOC-in-Chief [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]] from 1938 to 1941, when he was appointed Military Adviser to the New Zealand Government: he retired later that year.<ref name=dk/><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://generals.dk/general/Williams/Guy_Charles/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]<br />
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