Thomas Morland

Sir Thomas Lethbridge Napier Morland
Lt-Gen Sir Thomas Lethbridge Napier Morland
Born	9 August 1865
Died	21 May 1925 (aged 59)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1884 – 1923
Rank	General
Commands held	2nd Infantry Brigade 5th Division X Corps XIII Corps Army of the Rhine
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

General Sir Thomas Lethbridge Napier Morland KCB KCMG DSO (9 August 1865 – 21 May 1925) was a British general during the First World War.

Born in Montreal, Canada East, Morland was the son of Thomas Morland and Helen Servante. Educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Morland was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1884.

He later served in Nigeria, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel and being appointed commanding officer of the West African Field Force in 1900. The following year he was in command of an expedition to Yola, leading to the defeat and deposition of the Emir of Adamawa in September 1901, and to British occupation of the Adamawa Emirate, important for the later occupation of the Sokoto Caliphate as it reduced slave traffic through the Adamawa area. Morland was wounded by a poisoned arrow during the fighting, but stuck to his command. In a despatch describing the expedition, the acting High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria gives him "very great credit for the successful issue of this impotent expedition." The following year he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in recognition of his services (dated 25 April 1902). From 1905 to 1909, he was Inspector-General of the West African Field Force.