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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas D’Oyly Snow KCB, KCMG (5 May 1858 – 30 August 1940) was a British General on the Western Front in the First World War. He played an important role leading 4th Division in the retreat of August 1914, and commanding VII Corps at the unsuccessful Gommecourt diversion on the First Day of the Somme (1 July 1916) and at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. He had several nicknames, ‘Slush’, ‘Snowball’ and 'Polar Bear', all plays on his surname and his physical size and height.〔(Generals' Nicknames No33: Thomas D'Oyly Snow ('Slush') )〕 ==Education and early military career== Snow was born on 5 May 1858 at Newton Valence, Hampshire. Snow attended Eton College (1871–1874) and went to St John's College, Cambridge in 1878. Snow obtained a commission in the 13th Regiment of Foot in 1879,〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 taking part in the Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa the same year.〔 In 1884–1885, having transferred to the Mounted Infantry Regiment of the Camel Corps,〔 Snow fought with them in the Nile Expedition of the Mahdist War at the Battle of Abu Klea〔 and the Battle of El Gubat〔 (Abu Kru) (19 January 1885), where he was severely wounded. In 1887, he was promoted to captain and studied at the Staff College, Camberley from 1892 to 1893. Snow was promoted in 1895 to Brigade Major at Aldershot〔 and further in 1897 to Major in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.〔 Snow was Brigade Major for Major-General Gatacre in the Nile campaign of 1898, fighting at the Battle of Atbara〔 and the Siege of Khartoum.〔 He was promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel. In April 1899, he became the second-in-command of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment,〔 spending time in India. In March 1903, he was promoted to substantive lieutenant-colonel and in June 1903 he was further promoted to colonel and appointed assistant quartermaster-general of the 4th corps (which later became Eastern Command).〔 He stayed there being promoted to assistant adjutant-general (1905),〔 brigadier-general, general staff (1906),〔 and commander 11th Infantry Brigade (October 1909).〔 Snow was then promoted to major-general in March 1910. Snow became the General Officer Commanding of the 4th Division, Eastern Command in early 1911.〔 In 1912, as commander of the 4th Division, Snow took part in the Army Manoeuvres of 1912, the last major manoeuvres before the First World War, as part of the 'Blue Force' under Sir James Grierson which gained a clear 'victory' over the 'Red Force' of Douglas Haig. According to Edmonds, who served under him, his only practice at division command was three or four days at army manoeuvres, which were not practical as General Sir Charles Douglas had forbidden retreats to be practiced. 〔Travers 1987, p42〕 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 Snow (British Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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