Lionel Frederic Ellis CVO CBE DSO MC (13 May 1885 – 19 October 1970) was a British Army officer and military historian, author of three volumes of the official History of the Second World War.
Born in Nottingham, in 1916 Ellis was commissioned into the Welsh Guards from the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps and saw service in the First World War.
[1] Ellis was awarded a Military Cross, the citation for which reads: For conspicuous gallantry and resource while commanding the leading company in an attack.
[2][3]In 1919 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallantry and devotion to duty, in the advance south of Bavai in the days before the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
The medal's citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in the advance south of Bavai on 6th November, 1918.