Sir Edwin Morris | |
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Nickname(s) | "Ted" |
Born | Greenwich, Greater London, Kent, England | 10 March 1889
Died | 29 June 1970 Normandy, Surrey, England[1] | (aged 81)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1909–1948 |
Rank | General |
Service number | 41195 |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Commands | Northern Command (1944–46) Chief of the General Staff, India (1942–44) IX Corps (1941–42) 1st Infantry Division (1941) West Sussex County Division (1940) |
Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (5) |
General Sir Edwin Logie Morris, KCB, OBE, MC (10 March 1889 – 29 June 1970) was a senior British Army officer who served during the First World War and later the Second World War, where he became Chief of the General Staff, India from February 1942 to April 1944.