Frederick Willis (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Willis KCB (16 July 1827 – 28 May 1899) was a British Army General who held high office in the 1880s.

[2] Willis was commissioned into the 70th Regiment of Foot in 1844.

[3] In 1881, he was invited to command an Infantry Brigade at Aldershot[4] and then in 1884 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District.

[6] He was awarded the colonelcy of the Northumberland Fusiliers from 1895 to his death in 1899.

[7] He was made KCB posthumously in the 1899 Birthday Honours, which were announced days after his death.