Major General Frederick Crofton Heath-Caldwell, CB, JP (né Heath: 21 February 1858 – 18 September 1945) was a senior British Army officer, who also served in the early Royal Air Force.
After returning from South Africa, he was in early 1903 appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of the Southern sub-district at Gibraltar.
[3] During the First World War, which began just weeks later, he was posted to the War Office as director of military training (DMT) (1914–1916), served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Portsmouth (1916–1918), and, in what was to be his final military appointment, served as GOC South-Eastern Area in the newly created Royal Air Force (1918–1919).
[4] He took the name Heath-Caldwell after inheriting the Linley Wood estate in Talke, Staffordshire, in 1913 from a great aunt.
[6][8] A keen sportsman, Heath-Caldwell played in the 1878 FA Cup Final as part of the Royal Engineers A.F.C.