Roger Wilson

General Sir Roger Cochrane Wilson (26 December 1882 – 5 February 1966) was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office. Early life and education Wilson was born in 1882, the son of Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, who was also an officer in the British Indian Army, and Louisa Agnes Marshall. He attended Wellington College in Berkshire and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Military career Wilson was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1901. He transferred to the 117th Mahrattas in 1904 and subsequently to the 114th Mahrattas. Wilson served in served in Mesopotamia during World War I, at the beginning of which he had been a student at the Staff College, Quetta, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre for his service.