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Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Neville Anderson, KCB, CBE, DSO (28 September 1907 – 4 September 1979) was a senior officer of the British Army who achieved high office in the 1960s. ==Military career== Born the son of Colonel Sir Neville Anderson CBE, Richard Anderson was commissioned into the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) in 1927.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : Military Archives )〕 He was deployed to Palestine between 1938 and 1939.〔 He served in World War II as Deputy Assistant Military Secretary at the War Office〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World War II unit histories & officers )〕 and then as CO of 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), commanding it in the Italian Campaign where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for leading an attack on the village of Montone, which was successfully taken with only 28 casualties (including 5 KIA) compared to 105 Germans (20 KIA, the rest taken prisoner).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King's Own Royal Regiment Museum )〕 Later, he was promoted to brigadier and became Commander of 2nd Infantry Brigade, part of the British 1st Infantry Division, in the Italian Campaign.〔 After the Second World War he returned to Palestine and then became General Officer Commanding 17th Gurkha Division in 1955.〔 He was General Officer Commanding Overseas Forces in Malaya in 1957 and then Vice Adjutant General at the War Office from 1958.〔 He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East Land Forces in 1960 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Ireland Command in 1963; he retired in 1965.〔 He lived at Tarrant Keynston House near Blandford in Dorset.〔(Decision ) under the Commons Registration Act 1965.〕 In 1942, he married Dorrie Norah Wybergh. The couple had two sons.〔 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「Richard Anderson (British Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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