Edward Williams (Officer na Sojojin Burtaniya)

Brigadier **Edward Stephen Bruce Williams** CBE (2 ga Nuwamba 1892 - 20 ga Janairu 1977) ya kasance fitaccen jami'in Sojojin Burtaniya wanda aikinsa ya kai shekaru 35. Shi ma dan wasan cricket ne na Ingila. Williams dan wasan kwallon kafa ne na hannun dama wanda ke buga hannun dama a hankali kuma a wasu lokuta yana riƙe da wicket.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Williams a Pinhoe, Devon, ɗan Manjo-Janar Sir Hugh Bruce Williams (1865-1942), KCB, DSO (wanda a cikin 1920 ya ɗauki sunan mahaifiyarsa "Bruce-Wiliams", Bruce kasancewa sunan mahaifiyarsa), na Chillies, kusa da Crowborough, Sussex,  wanda ya yi aiki tare da Royal Engineers,   da Mabel Augusta (1867-1945), 'yar lauya Stephen Heward, na Toronto, Kanada (ɗan ɗan'uwan ɗan siyasa da Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, na Toronto ). Daga baya ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Winchester . A can ya buga wa tawagar wasan kurket ta kwaleji wasa. Bayan wannan ya fara horo na soja a Kwalejin Soja ta Royal, Sandhurst, ya zama jami'in kwamishina tare da matsayi na biyu a ranar 20 ga Satumba 1911. Lambar hidimarsa ita ce 1554. Daga cikin 'yan uwansa masu digiri sun kasance Montagu Stopford, kuma na Rifle Brigade, John Evetts, Kenneth Anderson da Eric Nares, dukansu za su zama janar. An sanya shi a cikin Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), ya shiga 1st Battalion na regiment.

## Ayyukan soja

### Yaƙin Duniya na farko
Williams ya sami ci gaba na farko a ranar 17 ga Afrilu 1913, zuwa na mataimakin. Tare da barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na farko a watan Agustan shekara ta 1914, Williams ya fara aiki tare da rundunarsa, wanda daga Nuwamba ya zama wani ɓangare na Brigade na 25 na 8th Division, a Faransa da Belgium daga Agusta zuwa Oktoba shekara ta 1914. Ya shafe ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da Royal Corps of Signals a watan Afrilun 1915.  A ranar 15 ga Mayu 1915 an kara shi zuwa kyaftin,  yayin da yake ganin aiki a Yakin Gallipoli kuma, daga Oktoba 1915 zuwa Maris 1916, ya yi aiki a Misira.  Daga 14 ga Maris 1916 zuwa Yuni 1916, Williams ya kasance Janar Janar Jan Janar Grade 3 (GSO3) tare da Sojojin Masar (EEF). Ya koma Yammacin Gabas a watan Yunin 1916, inda a lokacin da yake aiki ya ji rauni sau biyu. A shekara ta 1917, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Légion d'honneur kuma an ambaci shi a cikin aikawa zuwa wannan digiri. Ya koma Ingila a watan Fabrairun 1918, inda ya kasance Babban brigade a cikin Home Forces, inda ya ƙare yakin.

### Tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe
Ya yi aiki jim kadan bayan yakin a Iraki, inda ya shiga cikin aikin soja don kawo karshen tawaye na Iraki a kan Birtaniya, wanda ya sami lambar yabo. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, a cikin 1920, Williams ya kasance mai kula da Kamfanin Jami'in Gentlemen Cadets  a Kwalejin Soja ta Royal, Sandhurst, rawar da ya yi na tsawon shekaru hudu.  Ya halarci Kwalejin Staff, Camberley daga 1926 zuwa 1927, tare da 'yan uwansa dalibai kamar The Hon. Harold Alexander, Charles Hudson, Douglas Wimberley da Roy Bucher .  Williams ya ci gaba da taken horo, lokacin da a watan Janairun 1929 ya fara aiki a matsayin babba Jami'in Horar da Makamai a Aldershot Command. 1930 ya ga an inganta shi zuwa brevet major, shekaru biyu bayan haka ya zama cikakken major. 1930 kuma ya ga ya ɗauki mukamin wanda zai kasance na tsawon shekaru huɗu tare da Jami'ar Jami'ar Oxford, Jami'ar Horar da Jami'an. Yayinda yake taka rawar an kara shi zuwa Lieutenant Colonel,  ya sami matsayi cikakke shekaru hudu bayan haka a 1938.  Williams ya yi aiki a Malta a 1937, kuma a 1938 ya zama Kwamandan (CO) na 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade . Ya ci gaba da jagorantar su a cikin ayyukan a Falasdinu ta Burtaniya a lokacin tawaye na Larabawa na 1936-1939.

### Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu
Tare da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu da ke gudana, 1940 ya ga wani ci gaba ga Williams, a wannan lokacin zuwa matsayin kolonel. Bayan ya mika umurnin battalion ga Lieutenant Colonel James Renton, ya yi aiki a takaice daga 22 zuwa 31 Janairu 1940 a matsayin mukaddashin kwamandan 7th Support Group. A watan Fabrairun 1940, an kara shi zuwa mukaddashin Brigadier  kuma, ya koma Ingila, ya sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan Brigade na 182 na Infantry, brigade na biyu na Territorial Army, wanda ya zama wani ɓangare na 61st Infantry Division, daga Fabrairu 1940 zuwa Yuli 1941, yana aiki galibi a Arewacin Ireland a kan ayyukan yaki da mamayewa. An girmama Williams a ranar haihuwar Sarki George VI, wanda ya ba shi Kwamandan Order of the British Empire (CBE) wanda ya karɓa a ranar 2 ga Yuni 1943.  A watan Yulin 1941, Williams ya mika Brigade na 182 ga Brigadier Charles Hudson, abokin karatunsa na Staff College, kuma ya zama Brigadier General Staff (BGS) na Scottish Command, rawar da ya taka har zuwa 20 ga Afrilu 1943. Daga baya a 1944, Williams ya zama wani ɓangare na BGS a Gabashin Afirka, matsayin da ya rike daga 14 Fabrairu 1944 zuwa 1946. Bayan karshen yakin, an ba Williams matsayin brigadier mai daraja a ranar 30 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1946, ranar da ya yi ritaya daga aiki.

## Cricket
Williams ya kasance mai iya wasanni, yana da sha'awar wasan kurket. Bayan ya buga wasan kurket a Kwalejin Winchester a 1909 da 1910, ba zai kasance ba sai bayan Yaƙin Duniya na farko da zai fara karatun farko. Wannan ya zo ne a cikin 1922 don Ayyukan Haɗin gwiwa a kan Essex. Ya buga wasan kurket a matakin farko ba kawai ga Combined Services ba, har ma da Sojojin Burtaniya,  wanda ya buga wa su a lokuta 22, da kuma Kyaftin a wasu wasannin.  Williams ya kasance mai iya buga kwallo, idan ba don aikin soja ba za a iya ɗauka cewa zai buga wasan kurket na gundumar har zuwa wani mataki. A wasanni 22 na Sojoji, ya gudu 1,630 a Matsakaicin batting na 45.27, wanda ya sanya shi daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Sojoji na shekaru ashirin. Ya yi ƙarni uku da rabi bakwai ga Sojoji. Williams yana da yanayi biyu na farko tare da bat, inda ya zira kwallaye 366 a cikin wasanni biyar a matsakaicin 73.20. A wannan kakar ya zira kwallaye biyu a kan Jami'ar Oxford lokacin da ya bude bugawa a farkon Sojoji. Sauran lokacinsa mai ban sha'awa ya zo ne a 1928 lokacin da ya zira kwallaye 344 a matsakaicin 114.66, gami da ƙarni na biyu na biyu da kuma mafi girman aji na farko na 228.  Wannan ya zo ne ga Sojoji a kan Royal Navy.

Williams kuma ya buga wasan kurket na farko ga Free Foresters  zuwa wani mataki na nasara, a cikin wasanni uku na farko kawai a gare su ya zira kwallaye 220 a matsakaita na 44.00, tare da kashi ɗaya na karni na 142.  Matsayinsa mafi girma ga Foresters ya zo ne a kan Jami'ar Oxford a shekarar 1933. Ya kuma buga wasa daya na farko na Marylebone Cricket Club a 1933, a kan Jami'ar Oxford .  A waje da wasan farko, ya buga wasanni biyu na Minor Counties Championship ga Devon a 1930 a kan Surrey na biyu XI da Kent na biyu XI. 

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