Military
- William Wells (general) (1837–1902), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient for the Battle of Gettysburg
- William Wells (Medal of Honor) (born 1832), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Wells (soldier) (1770–1812), American army officer and adopted member of the Miami tribe
- William Lewis Wells (1895–1918), World War I flying ace
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“[I]t is a civil Cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military Fear to be slow in attacking when it is your Duty.”
—Richard Steele (1672–1729)
“The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
“The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.”
—Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)