John Eldridge (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir (William) John Eldridge KBE CB DSO MC (2 March 1898 – 3 November 1985) was a senior British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.

Military career
Eldridge was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1915 during World War I and served in France and Belgium. He was awarded the Military Cross in September 1917 for his actions during the war, and the Distinguished Service Order in January 1919.

After the war he was involved in operations in Iraq. He attended the Staff College, Camberley, alongside future general officers such as William Dimoline, Leslie Lockhart and Ashton Wade, from 1933 to 1934. He also served in World War II and was deployed to Italy in 1944.

He became Director General of Artillery at the Ministry of Supply in 1945 and Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science in 1948. He was made General Officer Commanding Aldershot District in 1951 and Controller of Munitions at the Ministry of Supply in 1953; he retired in 1957.

He was a Founder Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.