serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_place death_date birth_place awards battles birth_date nickname rank article_title name
1905 - 1945 adc 1938 colonel , the wiltshire regiment -lrb- 28 jun 1942 to -- 1 nov 1954 -rrb- the king -lrb- 29 jun 1937-10 nov uk 2nd 7th infantry brigade -lrb- oct 1934 to oct 1938 -rrb- battalion goc , british troops in sudan & commandant sudan defence wiltshire force -lrb- nov 1938 to oct 1941 -rrb- commander in regiment chief , east africa command - 1941 to 1945 -lrb- 1930 to 1933 -rrb- london , england , united kingdom 28 september 1975 -lrb- aged 90 -rrb- brooklands , cheshire , united kingdom gbe may 1941 -rrb- cb -lrb- 8 jun 1939 -rrb- dso -lrb- -lrb- 1908 -rrb- mid -lrb- 14 aug 1908 , 14 1 jan 1917 , 20 may 1918 , 20 dec 1918 jan , 5 jul 1919 , 1 apr 1941 -rrb- 1943 -rrb- kcb -lrb- 30 east african campaign 14 june 1885 the kaid general william platt
 william platt
william platt

general sir william platt gbe , kcb , dso -lrb- born 1885 ; died 1975 -rrb- was an officer in the british army , the australian army , and the new zealand army during the first and second world wars .
