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General Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison, 4th Baronet & Bar (17 November 1893 – 21 December 1993) was a British Army commander of the Second World War. ==Early life and career== Christison was born in Edinburgh, the eldest son of five children of Sir Alexander Christison, 3rd Baronet and his second wife, Florence. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and University College, Oxford where, as a cadet in the university's Officer Training Corps, he was made second lieutenant in March 1914. Christison was commissioned into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in 1914〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 and during the First World War he saw action in the battles of Loos (where he was awarded the Military Cross), the Somme and Arras.〔(Christison Family Papers: Life and Times of General Sir Philip Christison: an Autobiography )〕 In July 1917 he was awarded a Bar to his Military Cross. The citation for this award reads: In 1919, he relinquished his last wartime appointment as second command of the 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in the rank of acting major and reverted to the rank of captain, taking up the post of adjutant of a Territorial Army unit in 1920. After vacating his position as adjutant of the 4th battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers in November 1923, Christison was assistant manager of the British Olympic team in Paris in 1924〔 which was followed by a further appointment as an adjutant, this time with his regiment. Still a captain, he attended the Staff College, Camberley from January 1927 after which he was appointed as a staff officer grade 3 (GSO3) at the War Office. Having been made a brevet major in January 1930, a sign of approval and likely future promotion at a time when prospects for promotion in the peacetime army were slow, Christison saw service from January 1931 as the brigade major (a brigade's senior staff officer) of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, relinquishing the appointment in January 1933. He was promoted to major in November 1933. In 1934 Christison was made a brevet lieutenant colonel and returned the Staff College as an instructor (GSO2) where he became good friends with a fellow instructor, Bill Slim. In February 1937, Christison was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment in the Multan area of the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province. In February 1938 he was promoted to colonel and selected to command a brigade in India.〔 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「Philip Christison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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