Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Somerville Chilton, (11 January 1898 – 21 August 1956) was a senior officer in the British Army who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1955 to 1956.
Military career Educated at Rugby School, Chilton entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 28 July 1915. He served in the First World War in France and attended the Staff College, Camberley in 1930. He also served in the Second World War latterly as Chief of Staff for the Second Army and then as Deputy Adjutant General for 21st Army Group.
After the war, Chilton became Director of Air at the War Office and then General Officer Commanding East Anglian District from 1948. He was made General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Anti-Aircraft Command in 1953; in that capacity, he visited his units on Merseyside and Tyneside.Defence Exercise Glasgow Herald, 24 May 1954 He became Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1955 and died while still serving in that role in 1956.
Family In 1926, Chilton married Margaret Sinclair.Chilton genealogy
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External links Generals of World War II