Major General William Alfred Dimoline, CB, CMG, CBE, DSO, MC (6 July 1897 – 24 November 1965) was a senior British Army officer who saw service during the First and Second World Wars.
Dimoline was educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, where he was a member of the Officer Training Corps.
Following the outbreak of the First World War, he was commissioned into the King's Regiment (Liverpool) (Territorial Force) as a second lieutenant in 1914.
[16] In 1925 he was seconded to the Colonial Office,[17] promoted to substantive captain in 1927 (with seniority back to 1920),[18] and returned to regimental duty to serve as adjutant from 1930.
[29] Dimoline was employed in the Middle East during the early stages of the Second World War, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1941 for his services there.
He commanded a surprise attack on 18 October against forces based at Andriamanalina with such success that his troops suffered no casualties.