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Major-General Eric Grant Miles CB DSO MC (1891–1977) served as a senior officer of the British Army who saw active service during both World War I and World War II. ==Military career== Miles joined the British Army and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant into the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1911.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He served in the First World War becoming a General Staff Officer with the British Expeditionary Force in 1915 and then becoming Brigade Major for 54th Brigade, part of 18th (Eastern) Division in 1916.〔 After the War he became a General Staff Officer in the Schleswig Plebiscite Area of Germany and then took a similar role at the War Office in 1923 before becoming Brigade major for the Shanghai Defence Force in 1927.〔 He was appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1936 before becoming a General Staff Officer at Malaya Command in 1938.〔 He then served in World War II and as part of the British Expeditionary Force and commanded the 126th Infantry Brigade, part of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, during the battles of Belgium and France, later being evacuated from Dunkirk in May–June 1940.〔 From October 1941 he was appinted General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Infantry Division, which he was to command until May 1943.〔 As part of the British Tenth Army, his division was stationed in Persia in 1942. At that time, the Tenth Army was part of Paiforce (formerly Iraqforce) under Persia and Iraq Command. During a reconnaissance into Tunisia he was wounded in May 1943 and returned to the United Kingdom.〔(Generals.dk )〕 Later in 1943 he became General Officer Commanding Kent and South East Districts and in September 1944 he took over as GOC South Eastern Command.〔 He retired in 1946 and later died in 1977, at the age of 85.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric Grant Miles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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