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Lieutenant-General Frederick Vavasour Broome Witts CB, CBE, DSO, MC (30 January 1889 – 1969) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Radley College, Witts was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 23 July 1907. He served in First World War and was awarded the Military Cross. He became Commander Royal Engineers for the 5th Infantry Division in 1933, Brigadier on the general staff of Western Command in India in December 1937 and commander of 8th Indian Brigade in India in May 1938.
In the Second World War he served as General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division from September 1939, Deputy Chief of Staff for the British Expeditionary Force in France from April 1940 and General Officer Commanding 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division from May 1940. After that he became General Officer Commanding Bombay District in India from July 1941 and Acting General Officer Commanding Southern Commandin India in 1942 before retiring in 1943.