Welby-Everard, Maj Gen Sir Christopher – Led Lincolnshire Regiment on D-Day

Maj Gen Sir Christopher Welby-Everard (1910-1996)

MAJ Gen Sir Christopher Welby-Everard (1910-1996), who lived at Sapperton Manor, Sapperton, had a distinguished military career.

He took over the 2^nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment prior to the Normandy landings and led it into Hermanville on D-Day.

He commanded his troops with distinction during the major battle for Caen, until he was badly wounded.

After his recovery, he held a series of prestigious appointments and was the last British general to command the Nigerian Army until the country’s independence in 1960.

He devoted his later years to charitable and welfare work. He was president of the county Red Cross, area president and county chairman of the Royal British Legion, honorary colonel of the county Army Cadet Force (ACF) chairman of the Normandy Veterans, chairman of the Lincoln Diocesan Finance Board and was for 23 years president of the Lincolnshire Regimental Association.