Bevil Wilson
Bevil Thomson Wilson was a British Army officer.Military career
Born the son of Alexander Wilson and Mary Louise Rhynold-Barker, Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 12 August 1905. He served on the Western Front and in the Gallipoli Campaign in the First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He became commander of the Lahore Brigade in October 1935, commander of the Nowshera Brigade in India in January 1938 and General Officer Commanding the 53rd Infantry Division in Northern Ireland in June 1939 before retiring in July 1941. In August 1941 he presided over the court-martial of Josef Jakobs at the Duke of York's Headquarters in Chelsea.Family
In June 1918, he married Florence Erica Starkey; they had a son and a daughter.
