Thomas Wynford Rees
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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. During World War II, Rees fought in the East African Campaign, the North African Campaign, and the Burma Campaign. He was awarded a second DSO and mentioned in dispatches twice. As head staff officer of Indian 4th Infantry Division (GSO1) he organised the division's highly successful action during Operation Compass in the Western Desert in 1940. The division th...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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. During World War II, Rees fought in the East African Campaign, the North African Campaign, and the Burma Campaign. He was awarded a second DSO and mentioned in dispatches twice. As head staff officer of Indian 4th Infantry Division (GSO1) he organised the division's highly successful action during Operation Compass in the Western Desert in 1940. The division then played a key role in defeating the Italian imperial forces in Eritrea during the East African Campaign during which time he was promoted to command Indian 10th Infantry brigade, part of Indian 5th Infantry Division which was fighting alongside 4th Indian Division. 10th Brigade played a leading role in the Battle of Keren, the decisive battle of the campaign.
