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Thomas Wynford Rees

Thomas Rees
Nickname(s)"Pete"
"Napoleon"[1][2]
Born(1898-01-12)12 January 1898
Cardiff, Wales
Died15 October 1959(1959-10-15) (aged 61)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Indian Army
Years of service1915–1948
RankMajor General
Service number37923
Unit73rd Carnatic Infantry
125th Napier's Rifles
6th Rajputana Rifles
Commands heldPunjab 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/warsFirst World War
North West Frontier
Second World War
AwardsCompanion 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 workHonorary 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

  1. ^ Smart 2005, p. 264.
  2. ^ Mead 2007, p. 372.
  3. ^ "No. 37161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 July 1945. p. 3491.
  4. ^ "No. 33675". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1930. p. 7.
  5. ^ "No. 31183". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 February 1919. p. 2365.
  6. ^ "No. 35209". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 1941. p. 3883.
  7. ^ "No. 30915". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 September 1918. p. 11306.
  8. ^ "No. 35396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 December 1941. p. 7354.
  9. ^ "No. 36065". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1943. p. 2863.
  10. ^ "No. 37558". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 May 1946. p. 2218.
  11. ^ "No. 39347". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 September 1951. p. 5115.
  12. ^ "No. 40391". The London Gazette. 25 January 1955. p. 512.

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