Global InformationFrederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey information
Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey | |
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| Nickname(s) | Freddie |
| Born | 25 June 1898 Simla, India |
| Died | 1 January 1971 (aged 72) Henley-on-Thames, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army British India |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands held | Commandant of the Infantry Training Centre |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Military Cross |
| Relations | Major-General Anthony Patrick Willasey Wilsey CB MBE MC (son) |
Colonel Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey MC (25 June 1898 – 1 January 1971) was a Senior Officer in the 8th Gurkha Rifles, Commandant of the Infantry Training Centre and Senior Liaison Officer to the Afghan delegation during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.[1][2][3][4][5]
Willasey Wilsey developed a good understanding of Afghanistan politics and Pashtun culture, and was a proficient speaker of Urdu and Hindi with an additional working knowledge of Dari and Pashto.[3] Together with Thomas Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester, Willasey Wilsey accompanied Field Marshall Sardar Shah Wali Khan and Mohammed Daoud Khan, the 5th Prime Minister of Afghanistan, during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[3]
In 1945 he published a history of the 8th Gurkha Rifles.[6][7]
- ^ Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey on Lives of the First World War
- ^ Citation for the award of the Military Cross to Lieutenant Frederick Herbert Willasey Wilsey, 1/9th Gurkha Rifles, attached 1/8th Gurkha Rifles
- ^ a b c "Thomas William Edward Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester of Holkham; Sardar Shah Wali Khan; Mohammad Daud Khan; Frederick Herbert Willasey-Wilsey - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
- ^ The Eagle, The Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol. XXVII, No.2, Easter 1949, p.155
- ^ Huxford, Harold James (19 July 1952). "History of the 8th Gurkha Rifles, 1824-1949". Gale and Polden – via Google Books.
- ^ Gilmore, Scott; Davis, Patrick D. (19 July 1995). A Connecticut Yankee in the 8th Gurkha Rifles: A Burma Memoir. Brassey's. ISBN 9780028811062 – via Google Books.
- ^ "A brief outline history of the 8th Gurkha Rifles". Imperial War Museums.