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General Sir George James Giffard GCB DSO (1886–1964) was a British military officer, who had a distinguished career in command of African troops in the Great War, rising to command an Army Group in South East Asia in the Second World War. ==Early career== After attending Rugby School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment in 1906.〔(Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment )〕 In 1913, while serving with its 1st Battalion, he saw action in East Africa. He transferred into a unit of the King's African Rifles.〔 He saw active served in the First World War, his unit serving in the East Africa campaign against the German forces under Lettow-Vorbeck. He rose to command a column of two battalions of the KAR, "Gifcol". Although Lettow-Vorbeck's forces were never rounded up, Gifcol was nevertheless the most effective unit involved in the efforts to pursue and capture them. Giffard was wounded, was awarded the DSO, and was mentioned in despatches four times.〔 After the war, Giffard attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1919 to 1920. On graduating, he joined the Royal West African Frontier Force.〔 In 1927 he participated in the Shanghai Expeditionary Force as the Second-in-Command of the 1st Battalion the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. The following year, he was appointed an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley, and then in 1931 became Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment at Aldershot.〔 In 1933 he became a General Staff Officer, Grade 1 (GSO1) (effectively the Chief of Staff) of the British 2nd Infantry Division. Giffard returned to West Africa in 1936, when he was appointed Inspector-General of the West African Frontier Force.〔 He was appointed Inspector-General of African Colonial Forces in 1938. 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「George Giffard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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