Henry Beckles Willson
Henry Beckles Willson was a journalist and historian born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1869. During the Great War he served as a senior officer with the Canadian Expeditionary Force under Lord Beaverbrook, then the War Office, finally, just after the Armistice in 1919, as the Town Major of Ypres to oversee the begining of the rebuilding of the ruins. He was also president of the Ypres League, founded in 1920 which led to the foundation of St George's Memorial Church. Beckles Willson was also...See more
Henry Beckles Willson was a journalist and historian born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1869. During the Great War he served as a senior officer with the Canadian Expeditionary Force under Lord Beaverbrook, then the War Office, finally, just after the Armistice in 1919, as the Town Major of Ypres to oversee the begining of the rebuilding of the ruins. He was also president of the Ypres League, founded in 1920 which led to the foundation of St George's Memorial Church. Beckles Willson was also instrumental in the creation of the Imperial War Museum, London in his role as the museum's field agent, where he believed the collections should reflect the detail of battle and involvement of ordinary soldiers at ground level. During the Second World War he was interned in Unoccupied France and died there in 1942. See less
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