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Colonel Sir Thales Pease, KCB (1835 - 26 February 1919) was a British Army and Navy ordnance officer. ==Biography== Pease was born in Plumstead, Kent, in 1835, the son of William Pease and Susannah Moore.〔http://www.pennyghael.org.uk/Edward%20Pease.pdf〕 He entered the service in 1855 under the Board of Ordnance,〔 joined the Ordnance Store Department as a Deputy-Commissary on its creation in November 1875, and was appointed Assistant Commissary-General of Ordnance 31 January 1880. When officers of the Ordnance Store Department were permitted to receive honorary military rank in February 1885, Pease received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-colonel. In 1884-1885 he served in the Sudan campaign as senior ordnance store officer, Nile Expedition,〔 was mentioned in dispatches, and in recognition of his services was promoted Deputy Commissary-General of Ordnance with the honorary rank of Colonel 15 June 1885. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1889.〔 In 1890 Pease was appointed technical adviser to a committee to which was entrusted the duty of forming a separate ordnance department for the Navy,〔 and in October 1891 he was transferred to the new Naval Ordnance Department at the Admiralty. He was Storekeeper-general of Naval ordnance at the Admiralty from 1891 until February 1902, when he retired. Owing to his foresight in having reserves at a critical time, the Admiralty was able to give material assistance to the Army in the early part of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). In recognition, Pease was in the Birthday Honours list published 9 November 1901 appointed a Knight Commander (military) of the Order of the Bath (KCB) by King Edward VII. Pease died at Kensington 26 February 1919. 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「Thales Pease」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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