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Brigadier Archibald Charles Melvill Paris DSO MC (1892–1942) was a British Army officer. He was the son of Major-General Archibald Paris, KCB a Royal Marines officer who commanded the 63rd (Royal Navy) Division during the First World War, and of Lady Paris (née Melvill). Paris passed out of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1909. He married Ruth Norton. He served in the First World War, and was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in 1917. Although he is better known for having died during the events that followed the sinking of the Dutch ship ''Rooseboom'' off Sumatra in 1942, he was also one of the few British commanders that put up a good fight against the Japanese during the Battle of Malaya and the subsequent fall of Singapore. == Battle of Malaya == In December 1941, Paris was in command of the 12th Indian Infantry Brigade, part of the Singapore Garrison. When the battle started in Northern Malaya, Paris's 12th Brigade was sent to protect the retreat of the Indian 11th Infantry Division, which it did successfully, to the extent that it surprised the Japanese, inflicting high casualties on some of their more overconfident units. When Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival sacked Major-General David Murray-Lyon from command of the 11th Indian Division, Paris was given temporary command, until the disastrous Battle of Slim River, when Major-General Billy Key took over and Paris resumed command of the 12th Brigade. Paris commanded the 12th Brigade throughout the retreat down Malaya and the subsequent battles on Singapore. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archibald Paris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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