Lieutenant General Sir William Bridgeford, KBE, CB, MC (28 July 1894 – 21 September 1971) was a senior officer in the Australian Army.

Although the course was four years long, he was graduated early in June 1915 with the rest of his class due to Australia's growing commitment to the First World War.

Bridgeford served with the 8th Machine Gun Company on the Western Front,[1] where he was awarded the Military Cross for his actions during the Battle of Fromelles and later undertook staff training at brigade and divisional level.

[1] In 1938 he attended the Imperial Defence College in London and upon the outbreak of the Second World War he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as the military liaison to the British government.

[1] He briefly commanded the 25th Infantry Brigade upon its formation in the United Kingdom in June 1940 before serving as the Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General (DA&QMG) of I Corps.

[9] Bridgeford, however, retained his position as both the British and Australian governments supported him,[2] and he stayed on until February 1953, when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Henry Wells.

[1] Following his retirement from the Army, Bridgeford worked as the Chief Executive Officer of the organising committee of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games,[2] for which he was later appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.