Thomas Rees | |
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Nickname(s) | "Pete" "Napoleon"[1][2] |
Born | Cardiff, Wales | 12 January 1898
Died | 15 October 1959 | (aged 61)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Indian Army |
Years of service | 1915–1948 |
Rank | Major General |
Service number | 37923 |
Unit | 73rd Carnatic Infantry 125th Napier's Rifles 6th Rajputana Rifles |
Commands | Punjab Boundary Force (1947) 4th Indian Infantry Division (1945–47) 19th Indian Infantry Division (1942–45) 10th Indian Infantry Division (1942) 10th Indian Infantry Brigade (1941–42) 3rd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles (1938–39) |
Battles/wars | First World War North-West Frontier Second World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath[3] Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire[4] Distinguished Service Order[5] & Bar[6] Military Cross[7] Mentioned in Despatches (6)[8][9][10] |
Other work | Honorary Colonel Welch Regiment[11] Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire[12] |
Major General Thomas Wynford Rees, CB, CIE, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (12 January 1898 – 15 October 1959) was a Welsh officer in the British Indian Army during the First World War, the interwar years and the Second World War