| Sir William Green | |
| Birth Date: | 15 May 1887 |
| Death Date: | 12 November 1979 (aged 92) |
| Birth Place: | South Kensington, London, England[1] |
| Death Place: | New Romney |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1907–1946 |
| Servicenumber: | 690 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Unit: | Royal Artillery |
| Commands: | Anti-Aircraft Command |
| Battles: | World War I World War II |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross and bar |
Lieutenant General Sir William Wyndham Green (15 May 1887 – 12 November 1979) was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command.
Educated at Malvern College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Green was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1907.[2] [3]
He served in World War I latterly as a brigade major in France.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross for correcting gunfire from the top of a haystack 200 yards from the enemy front line in December 1914, and a bar to the MC, the citation for which reads:
He also received the Distinguished Service Order at Ploegsteert in April the following year.[4] The DSO's citation reads:
After attending the Staff College, Camberley, from 1919 to 1920, in 1926 he became an instructor in Gunnery at the School of Artillery.[2] In 1929 he went to India and served on the North West Frontier, before returning to the School of Artillery in 1937 as Chief Instructor for Equipment.[2] In 1938 he was appointed Commandant at the Royal Military College of Science.[2] [4]
He served in World War II initially as Brigadier Royal Artillery at Northern Command and then, from March 1941 to October 1941, as Second in Command City and Garrison of Gibraltar.[2] In 1942 he became Commander of 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division and in 1943 he was made Commander of 5th and 6th Anti-Aircraft Groups.[2] [5]
After the War he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Anti-Aircraft Command; he retired in 1946.[2] [5] He was also a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1947 to 1952.[2]
The family home was at Little Gables in New Romney in Kent. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the county in 1949.[4]
In January 1916 he married Madge Alexandra Bellairs and had one daughter, then in 1924 he married Aline Hope Primrose Cobbold and they went on to have one son and a daughter.[6]