Thomas Morland

Infobox Military Person
name=Thomas Morland
lived=1865-1925
allegiance=United Kingdom
branch=British Army
commands=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.

Biography

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.

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.

Morland died on 21 May, 1925.

In popular culture

Morland was portrayed by Eric Carte in the 2006 BBC docudrama "The Somme - From Defeat to Victory"