William Ozanne


William Maingay Ozanne was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, Ozanne was commissioned into the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on 4 March 1911. He served on the Western Front during the First World War. He went on to become commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in 1936 and the served in the Second World War as General Officer Commanding of the Norfolk County Division from December 1940, as General Officer Commanding 76th Infantry Division from November 1941 and then performed "special duties" in the War Office from December 1943. He retired in 1946.