Thomas Corbett

Lieutenant General Thomas William Corbett, (2 June 1888 – 30 December 1981) was a British Indian Army officer who commanded the IV Corps during the Second World War. Early life and military career Corbett attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned onto the Unattached List for the British Indian Army on 19 January 1907. Posted to India, he was attached to the 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) on 15 March 1907 for a year. He was admitted to the Indian Army 15 March 1908 and joined 9th Hodson's Horse. Following the outbreak of World War I, Corbett landed in France on 7 November 1914 and was wounded on 21 December. He became staff captain of the 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade on 4 April 1916, brigade major for the 1st Cavalry Brigade on 8 June 1917, and brigade major for the Ambala Brigade on 23 February 1918. He served in France until 31 March 1918, when he transferred to serve in Palestine. He was awarded the Military Cross in the London Gazette of 3 June 1918. He was wounded on 23 May while leading a trench raid, for which he was later awarded a Bar to his Military Cross. The bar's citation reads: Corbett was also mentioned in dispatches twice. He went on to be brigade major for the 160th Brigade, Egyptian Expeditionary Force on 2 August 1918.