Edwin Morris (British Army officer)

Sir Edwin Morris
Born	1889
Died	1970
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	West Sussex County Division 1st Infantry Division IX Corps Northern Command
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross

General Sir Edwin Logie Morris KCB OBE MC (1889–1970) was a British Army General during World War II.

Military career

Edwin Morris was commissioned into the Royal Engineers: he was an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley between 1926 and 1930: he went on to become a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1931.^[1] From 1934 he was Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence for India and from 1936 he was Deputy Director of Military Operations at the War Office.^[1] In 1939 he was appointed a Brigadier on the staff of Northern Command.^[1]

At the start of World War II Morris was Director of Staff Duties at the War Office.^[1] He was appointed GOC West Sussex County Division in 1940 and General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division in 1941.^[1] Later in 1941 he became GOC IX Corps and in 1942 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff in India.^[1] In 1944 he was appoined General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command.^[1] In 1946 he went on to be Head of the Army Representative Military Staff Committee in the United Nations, a post he held until he retired in 1948.^[1]

He was also Aide-de-Camp General to the King from 1947 to 1948.^[1]

From 1951 to 1958 he was the Chief Royal Engineer.^[2]

References

1. Generals.dk
2. Royal Engineers Museum