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Brigadier Thomas Henry Scott Galletly DSO&bar MC (23 August 1905 - 5 April 1972) was a senior officer in the British Army during World War II.〔''Kelly’s Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1958'', Published by Kelly’s Directories Limited 1958〕〔() The Gazette, 1945〕 He was Commanding Officer of the 28th Independent East African Brigade in Burma between 21 February 1945 and 1 June 1945,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The King's African Rifles - Volume 2 )〕 the 27th East African Brigade between 30 May 1945 and 14 June 1945 and, from 18 July 1945, was Commanding Officer of the 27th East African Brigade.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography of Brigadier Thomas Henry Scott Galletly (1905 – 1972), Great Britain )〕 ==Career== Thomas Henry Scott Galletly was born on 23 August 1905 in Hendon, Middlesex, the son of Thomas Galletly of Normanton, Rutland and Edith Galletly of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk )〕 He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst.〔 During World War II, he served in Abyssinia (1941) and Madagascar (1942). He served as Acting Commanding Officer of the 27th North Rhodesian Brigade in Madagascar (1943), the 25th East African Brigade in Burma (1944) and the 26th East African Brigade in Burma (16 January 1945 to 15 February 1945).〔 He was Commanding Officer of the 28th Independent East African Brigade in Burma between 21 February 1945 and 1 June 1945,〔 the 27th East African Brigade between 30 May 1945 and 14 June 1945 and, from 18 July 1945, he was Commanding Officer of the 27th East African Brigade.〔 He was a Commander of the 1st Brigade, Arab League under Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Harpur Trust, 1552-1973. )〕 During the Abyssinian Campaign he was awarded the Military Cross. In March 1945 he was awarded an immediate DSO for action in Burma. Later the same year he added a bar to the DSO for the following action: 'While in command of a detached column with orders to cut the enemy's lines of communication in the Myitha Gorge, he carried out his mission in the face of determined opposition, and by maintaining an isolated position for three days, materially contributed to the liquidation of the enemy's defences at Kalewa.〔''The Eagle'' Volume XXV, no. 4 p. 308〕 Galletly died in Christchurch, Hampshire on 5 April 1972.〔 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「Thomas Henry Scott Galletly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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