Lieutenant General Sydney Rigby Wason CB MC* (27 September 1887 – 17 March 1969) was a senior British Army officer in the Second World War.

[4][5] During the First World War as a captain and acting major in the Royal Artillery, he was awarded the Military Cross three times,[6] twice for leading a raid into enemy lines and for observation while under fire.

Unfortunately, the roads were clogged with refugees and retreating troops; his return journey took two full days, during which the corps was without its leader.

[11] This may have caused serious consequences for the 2nd Infantry Division, which was not ordered to withdraw behind the Canal Line until most of its units had been effectively destroyed.

[12] However, Wason was mentioned in dispatches for his command of III Corps, which assumed the defence of the western Dunkirk perimeter until its evacuation.