Rex Whitworth

Major-General Reginald Henry "Rex" Whitworth, (27 August 1916 – 22 May 2004) was a British Army officer.

Military career Educated at Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford, and the Queen's College, Oxford, Whitworth was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards on 5 March 1940. He served as a staff officer during the Second World War. He went on to be General Officer Commanding, Yorkshire District in March 1966, General Officer Commanding North East District in March 1967 and Chief of Staff of Southern Command in June 1968 before retiring in September 1970. and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1969 Birthday Honours.

In retirement he was a fellow and bursar of Exeter College, Oxford, from 1970 to 1981.

Family In 1946 he married June Rachel Edwards; they had three sons and one daughter.

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