Thomas Wynford Rees

Thomas Wynford Rees
General Rees GOC 19th Indian Division, directing operations during the advance on Mandalay.
Nickname(s)	Pete The Docker General Sahib Bahadur Napoleon
Born	12 January 1898 Cardiff
Died	15 October 1959 (aged 61)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Years of service	1915–1948
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	3rd Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (1939) Indian 10th Infantry Brigade – (March 1941 – March 1942) Indian 10th Infantry Division (March–June 1942) Indian 19th Infantry Division (October 1942 – December 1945) Indian 4th Infantry Division (December 1945 – September 1947)
Battles/wars	East African Campaign Western Desert Campaign Burma Campaign
Awards	CB (5 July 1945) CIE (1 January 1931) DSO (15 February 1919) DSO (9 July 1941) MC (24 September 1918) MID (WWI) MID (1924) MID (1936) MID (1937) MID (30 December 1941) MID (24 June 1943) MID (5 May 1946)
Other work	Hon. Colonel Welch Regiment TA unit(28 August 1951) Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire (15 January 1955)

Thomas Wynford Rees CB, CIE, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (12 January 1898 – 15 October 1959) was an officer in the British Indian Army during the First World War, the interwar years, the Second World War, and after it.

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:

For conspicuous gallantry throughout the day on September 19th, 1918, during the attack on the Turkish position about Tabsor, and especially after passing through the last objective into open country. Collecting various details of four different units up to a total of about 80 men, he organised them into parties, charged in face of strong opposition, and took two trenches, capturing about 50 prisoners and two field guns. Subsequently, when mounted on a captured pony, he saw a third field gun escaping, whereupon he galloped after it and, single-handed, captured the gun and team complete. He set a magnificent example to all units by his initiative and utter disregard of danger.

The citation for his MC, published in the London Gazette on 24 September 1918 reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in charge of a patrol. He pushed on with half his patrol, and charged a line of enemy rifle-pits in face of considerable bombing, springing into a rifle-pit himself and shooting one of the enemy, after which he pursued the remainder for a short time with his patrol.