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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British General (1903–1989)}}<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
| name =Sir William Stratton<br />
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| birth_date =15 October 1903<br />
| death_date ={{dda|25 November 1989|15 October 1903|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place =[[Madras]], British India<br />
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| allegiance =United Kingdom<br />
| branch =[[British Army]]<br />
| serviceyears =1924−1960<br />
| servicenumber =27948<br />
| rank =[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]]<br />
| unit =[[Royal Engineers]]<br />
| commands =[[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong]]<br/>[[42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division]]<br/>[[169th (3rd London) Brigade|169th Infantry Brigade]]<br />
| battles =[[Second World War]]<br />
| awards =[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]]<br/>[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br />
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[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] '''Sir William Henry Stratton''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|CVO|CBE|DSO}} (15 October 1903 – 25 November 1989) was a senior [[British Army]] officer who was [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] from 1955 to 1957.<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Stratton was born on 15 October 1903 in [[British Raj|British India]] but later went to [[England]] and, after graduating from the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Engineers]] on 30 January 1924.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32903|page=958|date=1 February 1924}}</ref><ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/STRATTON.shtml |title=Sir William Henry Stratton|publisher=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924100230/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/STRATTON.shtml|accessdate=30 May 2020|archive-date=24 September 2012}}</ref> He was deployed to the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] before becoming Assistant Instructor at the [[Royal School of Military Engineering]] in 1933.<ref name=lh/><br />
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He served in the Second World War as a [[brigadier]] on the [[General Staff]] of General Headquarters Home Forces and then of the General Staff of the 8th Army in Italy.<ref name=lh/> In 1944 he was appointed [[Commander]] of 169th Infantry Brigade.<ref name=lh/><br />
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After the war he was appointed [[Chief of Staff]] at [[British Army of the Rhine]], a post he held until 1949 when he became [[Commandant]] of the [[Joint Service Defence College|Joint Services Staff College]].<ref name=lh/> In 1952 he became Head of the British Army Staff in Washington, D.C.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be [[General Officer Commanding]] [[42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division|42nd (Lancashire) Division]] in 1953 and [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] in 1955.<ref name=lh/> He was appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in the 1957 [[New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40960|supp=y|page=3|date=28 December 1956}}</ref> His last post was [[Vice Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] in 1957; he retired in 1960.<ref name=lh/><br />
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He was also [[Colonel Commandant]] of the [[Royal Engineers]] from 1960 to 1968.<ref name=lh/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{find a Grave|69859312}}<br />
*[https://generals.dk/general/Stratton/William_Henry/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]<br />
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