Gerald Henry Summers
| Colonel Sir Gerald Henry Summers K.C.M.G. | |
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| Commissioner of British Somaliland | |
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In office 17 August 1922 – 29 November 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Francis Archer |
| Succeeded by | Harold Baxter Kittermaster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 October 1885 |
| Died | 29 November 1925 |
Sir Gerald Henry Summers (12 October 1885 - 29 November 1925) was a British army officer and colonial administrator.
Gerald Henry Summers was born on 12 October 1885. He was educated at Bradfield College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1904 he entered the army, and served with the Royal Sussex Regiment, the 93rd Burma Infantry and the 26th King George’s Own Light Cavalry.[1]
Summers joined the Indian contingent of the King's African Rifles in Somaliland in 1912. He fought with gallantry against a Dervish force in the battle of Dul Madoba in August 1913.[1] In 1920, in an action planned by the Governor Geoffrey Francis Archer and carried out by Lieutenant Colonel Summers, almost the whole Dervish force was destroyed. Their leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, known as the "Mad Mullah" to the British, fled to Abyssinian Somaliland, where, at the town of Imi, he died in January 1921.[2] On 17 August 1922, Summers was appointed Governor of British Somaliland, holding office until his death on 29 November 1925.[1]