Introduction
Lieutenant General Sir Maurice (Somerville) Chilton KBE CB (11 January 1898 – 21 August 1956) was Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
Military career
Educated at Rugby School, Chilton was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1915.
He served in World War I in France and attended the Staff College, Camberley in 1930. He also served in World War II latterly as Chief of Staff for the Second Army and then as Deputy Adjutant General for 21st Army Group.
After the war he became Director of Air at the War Office and then General Officer Commanding East Anglian District from 1948. He was made General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Anti-Aircraft Command in 1953; in that capacity he visited his units on Merseyside and Tyneside. He became Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1955 and died while still serving in that role in 1956.
Family
In 1926 he married Margaret Sinclair.