Thomas Morland

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Thomas Morland
1865-1925
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Commands held	2nd Infantry Brigade 5th Division X Corps XIII Corps Army of the Rhine

Thomas Lethbridge Napier Morland (9 August 1865-21 May 1925) was a British general during World War I.

[edit] Early life

Morland was born on 9 August, 1865, the son of Thomas Morland and Helen Servante. As a boy, he attended the Charterhouse School. In 1890, he married Mabel St. John, with whom he had two children. She died in 1901.

[edit] Military career

After attending Sandhurst, he entered the British Army in 1884, serving first with the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He later served in Nigeria, reaching the rank of Lieitenant-colonel by 1900. From 1905-1909, he was Inspector-General of the West African Field Force. In 1910, he was promoted to Brigadier-General and given command of 2nd Infantry Brigade, a position he held until the outbreak of World War I. He was then placed in command of 5th Infantry Division. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1915, and commanded X Corps through the end of the war. During this time, he was one of Plumer's corps commanders at the Battle of Messines. At the end of the war, he took command of XIII Corps, a position he held until 1920, when he was promoted and made commander-in-chief of the British Army of the Rhine. Two years later, he was posted to Aldershot as commandant and promoted to full general. He retired the following year, in 1923.