| Frederick Witts | |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England |
| Death Date: | 10 March 1969 (aged 80) |
| Death Place: | Memorial Hospital, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Serviceyears: | 1907–1943 |
| Servicenumber: | 24225 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant-General |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Commands: | 8th Indian Infantry Brigade 45th Infantry Division 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division Bombay District |
| Unit: | Royal Engineers |
| Battles: | First World War Second World War |
| Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches (3) |
| Relations: | Frank Witts (brother) |
Lieutenant-General Frederick Vavasour Broome Witts (30 January 1889 – 10 March 1969) was a senior British Army officer.
Educated at Radley College,[1] Witts, the son of a clergyman, was commissioned into the Royal Engineers after graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, on 23 July 1907. He served in the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross, as well as the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), and was mentioned in dispatches three times during the war. The citation for his MC reads:
Witts attended the Staff College, Quetta, from 1922−1923 and served at the War Office in London for the next four years. After serving on the directing staff at the Staff College, Camberley, from 1930−1932, Witts became Commander Royal Engineers for the 5th Infantry Division in 1933, Brigadier on the general staff of Western Command in India in December 1937 and commander of the 8th Indian Brigade in India in May 1938.[2]
In the Second World War he served as General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division from September 1939, Deputy Chief of Staff for the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France from April 1940 and General Officer Commanding 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division from May 1940.[3] After that he became General Officer Commanding Bombay District in India from July 1941 and Acting General Officer Commanding Southern Command in India in 1942 before retiring in 1943.[4]
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