Sydney Rigby Wason
Videos
Lieutenant General Sydney Rigby Wason, and Bar was a senior British Army officer in the Second World War. His commands included a corps during the Battle of France and the anti-aircraft defences of Southern England and Wales during the Blitz.
Major General Robert Whittaker (centre left); Lieutenant General Sydney Wason (centre), and Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Pile (centre right) at Anti-Aircraft Command on 14 February 1941 during a visit by David Margesson, the Secretary of State for War.
Frederick Alfred Pile
Videos
General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, 2nd Baronet, was a senior British Army officer who served in both World Wars. In the Second World War he was General Officer Commanding Anti-Aircraft Command, one of the elements that protected Britain from aerial attack.
Pile, with Winston Churchill and Churchill's daughter, Mary, watch anti-aircraft guns in action against V1 flying bombs, 30 June 1944.
The Battle of Britain class locomotive Sir Frederick Pile at Bitton railway station in 2006