Thomas Perrott
British Army general
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::summary British Army general ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific_prefix | Major-General |
| name | Sir Thomas Perrott |
| honorific_suffix | |
| birth_date | 5 March 1851 |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Chichester, West Sussex |
| placeofburial_coordinates | |
| allegiance | United Kingdom United Kingdom |
| branch | [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg |
| serviceyears | 1870–1913 |
| 1914–1915 | |
| rank | Major-General |
| commands | Troops in the Straits Settlements |
| battles | Second Boer War |
| World War I | |
| awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| :: |
| honorific_prefix = Major-General | name =Sir Thomas Perrott | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_date =5 March 1851 | death_date = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place =Chichester, West Sussex | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance =United Kingdom United Kingdom | branch =[[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] British Army | serviceyears =1870–1913 1914–1915 | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands =Troops in the Straits Settlements | battles =Second Boer War World War I | awards =Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = Major-General Sir Thomas Perrott (5 March 1851 – 3 November 1919) was a British Army officer who commanded the Troops in the Straits Settlements.
Military career
Perrott was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1870. He was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Experiments at the School of Gunnery in 1885, Assistant Inspector of Warlike Stores in 1891 and Chief Instructor at the School of Gunnery in 1896. he was made General Officer Commanding the Troops in the Straits Settlements in 1907 and Commander, Royal Artillery in Gibraltar in 1910 before retiring in 1913. He was recalled at the start of World War I as Inspector of Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery in 1914 and retired again in 1915.
He died at Hambrook Grange near Chichester.
References
References
- (1914). "[[Burke's Peerage". Burke's Peerage & Gentry.
- (1921). "Dod's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Etc. of Great Britain and Ireland {{nowrap". Dod's Peerage, Limited; 12 [[:d:Q26317792.
- [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/PERROTT.shtml Sir Thomas Perrott] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- (7 December 1906)
- [http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19191218.2.87.aspx Death of Sir Thomas Perrott] The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 18 December 1919
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