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Thomas Wynford Rees CB, CIE, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (12 January 1898 – 15 October 1959) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I, the interwar years, World War II, and post-war. == Early life and career == The son of the Reverend T. M. Rees, he passed out from the Officer Cadet College, Quetta and was commissioned into the British Indian Army in November 1915 in the 73rd Carnatic Infantry. In September 1916, he was transferred to the 125th Napier's Rifles and was promoted to lieutenant a month later.〔 During World War I he was awarded the DSO and MC and was mentioned in dispatches. The citation for his DSO, published in the ''London Gazette'' on 29 July 1919 reads: The citation for his MC, published in the ''London Gazette'' on 24 September 1918 reads: Between the two World Wars he spent much of his time serving on the North West Frontier of India, being mentioned in dispatches three more times. He served a term as private secretary to the Governor of Burma, Sir Charles Alexander Innes KCSI CSIE for which he was appointed Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1931 New Year's honours list.〔 In December 1937 was made brevet lieutenant-colonel for "distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the operations in Waziristan, during the period 25th November, 1936, to i6th January, 1937". 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 Wynford Rees」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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