1. Colville Wemyss was born the son of Alexander Wemyss, he was educated at Bedford School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in December 1910.
13 Facts About Colville Wemyss
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Colville Wemyss was promoted to brevet major in June 1918.
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Colville Wemyss left the School of Signals in 1932 to become a GSO at Northern Command at York.
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On 1 October 1935 Wemyss was promoted colonel and appointed an Assistant Adjutant General at the War Office in London.
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Colville Wemyss was a student at the Imperial Defence College between 18 January 1938 and January 1939.
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On 10 June 1940, nine months after the outbreak of the Second World War, Colville Wemyss replaced General Robert Gordon-Finlayson as Adjutant-General to the Forces.
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Colville Wemyss was promoted Acting lieutenant general on assuming the role.
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The increasing importance of the role of the United States in the Second World War led to United Kingdom government establishing a military mission to Washington, DC On 3 June 1941 Colville Wemyss was appointed the Head of the British Army Mission to Washington.
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Colville Wemyss was appointed Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War on 16 June 1942.
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Colville Wemyss was to remain in this key post for the rest of the war.
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Colville Wemyss was promoted general on 15 October 1945, by which time the war was over, and retired from the army, after having served for almost exactly thirty-six years of service, on 23 November 1946.
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Colville Wemyss was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 11 July 1940 and advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 14 June 1945.
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Colville Wemyss was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 1 July 1941.