1. Thomas Sheridan Riddell-Webster was born in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland on 12 February 1886.
24 Facts About Thomas Riddell-Webster
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Cameronians on 16 August 1905.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was promoted to lieutenant on 30 September 1909 and captain on 24 October 1913.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was brevetted to major on 1 January 1916.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was promoted to the substantive rank of major and the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel on 3 June 1919.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster married Harriet Hill Sprot, the daughter of Sir Alexander Sprot, on 28 February 1920.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster became a Brigade Major with Irish Command on 21 July 1921.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was appointed Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at the Staff College in 1922, and was brevetted to lieutenant colonel on 12 March 1923.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was promoted to colonel on 27 June 1933, became Assistant Quartermaster General at the War Office that year, and Commander of the Poona Brigade Area in 1935.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was promoted to major general on 1 April 1938, becoming the Director of Movements and Quartering at the War Office.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster served in the Second World War, initially as Deputy Quartermaster General at the War Office and then as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command, India in 1941.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster received the local rank of lieutenant general on 7 January 1941, and was promoted to the substantive rank on 15 April.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster became the Chief Administrative Officer in the Middle East Command in 1941, for which he was mentioned in despatches.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was promoted to general on 1 November 1942.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster became Quartermaster-General to the Forces on 6 February 1943.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was promoted to full general on 1 November 1942.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster extended the use of collars and ties to the uniforms of other ranks.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster retired with the rank of general on 27 April 1946 after nearly 41 years of service.
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In 1946 Thomas Riddell-Webster was given the colonelcy of the Cameronians, a position he held until 1951.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster became a deputy lieutenant for Angus, Scotland, on 14 August 1946, and was president of the British Legion from 1949 to 1965.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 18 February 1915.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was awarded the French Croix de Guerre on 19 June 1919.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1939 Birthday Honours, knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1942 New Year Honours and promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1946 New Year Honours.
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Thomas Riddell-Webster was decorated as a Commander of the US Legion of Merit on 14 May 1948.