Tom Bridges

Sir
Tom Bridges
Lieutenant General Sir Tom Bridges, 1918
19th Governor of South Australia
In office
4 December 1922 – 4 December 1927
MonarchGeorge V
PremierHenry Barwell (1922–24)
John Gunn (1924–26)
Lionel Hill (1926–27)
Richard Butler (1927)
Preceded bySir Archibald Weigall
Succeeded bySir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
Personal details
Born
George Tom Molesworth Bridges

(1871-08-20)20 August 1871
Eltham, Kent
Died26 November 1939(1939-11-26) (aged 68)
Brighton, East Sussex
RelationsRobert Bridges (uncle)
ChildrenAlvilde Chaplin
ProfessionBritish Army officer
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1892–1922
RankLieutenant General
UnitRoyal Artillery
Commands19th (Western) Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in dispatches

Lieutenant General Sir George Tom Molesworth Bridges KCB KCMG DSO (20 August 1871 – 26 November 1939) known as Sir Tom Bridges, was a British Army officer and the 19th Governor of South Australia.

Bridges had a distinguished military career, seeing service in Africa, India, South Africa, and most notably Europe during the First World War, where he was involved in the first British battle of the war at Mons, and later commanded the 19th (Western) Division during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and then in the Battle of Passchendaele the following year. After the war, he served in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, and Asia Minor before becoming Governor of South Australia from 1922 to 1927.