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Major General Dudley Graham Johnson & Bar, MC (13 February 1884 – 21 December 1975) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ==Military career== Johnson served with the Wiltshire Regiment in the Second Boer War.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He transferred to The South Wales Borderers in 1903. He was 34 years old, and an acting lieutenant colonel in The South Wales Borderers, British Army, commanding 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment during the First World War when the following deed took place at the Sambre Canal, France for which he was awarded the VC. Between the wars he held a number of instruction and staff posts before being appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regiment in 1928.〔 He became Commander of 12th (Secunderbad) Infantry Brigade in 1933 and General Officer Commanding 4th Division from 1938 to 1940.〔 He was replaced as divisional commander after Dunkirk and made GOC of Aldershot Command later on in 1940 before becoming Inspector of Infantry in 1941.〔 He retired in 1944 and was Colonel of the South Wales Borderers from 1944 to 1949.〔 His Victoria Cross is displayed at the South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon, Powys, Wales. 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「Dudley Graham Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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