Aubrey Williams (British Army officer)

Williams was commissioned into the South Wales Borderers on 9 October 1907.[1] After seeing action in the Gallipoli campaign,[2] he served as general staff officer with 30th Division on the Western Front earning recognition with his appointment as a companion of the Distinguished Service Order during the First World War.[3][4]

Williams also saw action during the Waziristan campaign in late 1937 earning him a bar to his DSO in August 1938.[5]

He became commander of the 160th (Welsh) Brigade in February 1939[6] and, in April 1940, went with his brigade to Northern Ireland where the brigade was mainly involved in anti-invasion duties and exercises training to repel a potential German invasion of Northern Ireland.[7] He became General Officer Commanding 38th (Welsh) Division in the UK in May 1940 before retiring in October 1940.[6]

In retirement he was local President of the Royal British Legion on the Isle of Wight.[2]