Harold Willmott Explained

Honorific Prefix:Brigadier
Harold George Wilmott
Birth Date:1899 8, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Malmesbury, Cape Colony (now Western Cape)
Death Place:Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa
Allegiance:South Africa
Branch:South African Air Force
Serviceyears:19241954
Rank:Brigadier

Brigadier Harold Willmott (18991993)[2] was a South African military commander.

Military career

He served in the Royal Air Force in World War I, and joined the South African Air Force in 1924.

During World War II, he served as Deputy Director-General of Air Services from 1939 to 1940, as commander of 3 Wing in North Africa from 1941 to 1942, as Director of the Coastal Air Force from 1942 to 1944, and as Deputy Director-General of the Air Force from 1944 to 1945, when he was promoted to Director-General.

After the war, he served as Officer Commanding Natal Command, and finally as Air Chief of Staff, from 17 October 1945 to 10 September 1946.[3]

Honours and awards

He was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the January 1943 New Year Honours list.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Uys, Ian. South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992. 1992. Fortress Publishers. 269. 0-9583173-3-X.
  2. Web site: Oud-Lugmaghoof sterf op 94 jaar . Die Beeld . July 14, 1993 . July 26, 2016 .
  3. Web site: Fact file: Chiefs of the SA Air Force. Leon. Englebrecht. 18 November 2008. 24 February 2015.
  4. New Year Honours. Flight. 7 January 1943. 23. 24 February 2015.