Major-General Sir Thomas Perrott (5 March 1851 – 3 November 1919) was a

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officer who commanded the Troops in the Straits Settlements.

Military career

Perrott was commissioned into the

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in 1870.Sir Thomas Perrott
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives He was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Experiments at the School of Gunnery in 1885, Assistant Inspector of Warlike Stores in 1891 and Chief Instructor at the School of Gunnery in 1896. He served in the

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before reverting to the post of Chief Instructor at the School of Gunnery in 1902. He went on to be Colonel on the Staff of the Commander of the Royal Artillery at Thames District in 1904, Commander of the Royal Garrison Artillery at Thames and Medway Coast Defence in 1905 and Brigadier-General commanding the Scottish Coast Defences in 1906. Promoted in December 1906 to major general, he was made

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the Troops in the Straits Settlements in 1907 and Commander, Royal Artillery in

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in 1910 before retiring in 1913. He was recalled at the start of

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as Inspector of Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery in 1914 and retired again in 1915. He died at Hambrook Grange near

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.Death of Sir Thomas Perrott
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 18 December 1919

References

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