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Brigadier Henry John Gordon Gale DSO and bar (3 July 1883 – 12 August 1944) was a British Army officer.

Gale was the son of a Colonel in the Royal Engineers. He was educated at Malvern College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery (later Royal Artillery) in December 1902.[1] He was promoted Lieutenant in December 1905.[2] In 1908 he was posted to the Hong Kong-Singapore Battalion[3] and between November 1912 and 1916 he served with the Indian Mountain Artillery in the North-West Frontier Province of India.[4] He was promoted Captain in 1914. From 1916 to 1918 he served on the Western Front, where he was promoted Major in June 1917,[5] was wounded twice, mentioned in despatches twice, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in June 1918.[6]

Gale then served in the Russian Civil War in 1919, for which he was awarded a bar to his DSO in January 1920. The citation reads:

Throughout the operations on the Kodish front between 28th and 30th August, 1919, he showed great gallantry. He carried out the duties of F.O.O. [Forward Observation Officer], and, without any regard to his personal safety, remained near the enemy's wire, so as to be able to ensure the accuracy of the artillery fire.[7]

In 1920 he returned to the North-West Frontier. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1932.[8] In April 1936 he was promoted Colonel[9][10] and returned to England as Commander Royal Artillery (CRA) of the 43rd (Wessex) Division of the Territorial Army.[11] He was promoted Brigadier in November 1937[12] and retired in October 1939.[13]

In 1940 he returned to the Army, but retired again in October 1942.[14]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "No. 27528". The London Gazette. 24 February 1903.
  2. ^ "No. 27875". The London Gazette. 16 January 1906.
  3. ^ "No. 28201". The London Gazette. 1 December 1908.
  4. ^ "No. 28682". The London Gazette. 17 January 1913.
  5. ^ "No. 30371". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 6 November 1917.
  6. ^ "No. 30718". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 31 May 1918.
  7. ^ "No. 31745". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 20 January 1920.
  8. ^ "No. 33828". The London Gazette. 24 May 1932.
  9. ^ "No. 34275". The London Gazette. 17 April 1936.
  10. ^ "No. 34282". The London Gazette. 8 May 1936.
  11. ^ "No. 34274". The London Gazette. 14 April 1936.
  12. ^ "No. 34464". The London Gazette. 17 December 1937.
  13. ^ "No. 34741". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 24 November 1939.
  14. ^ "No. 35740". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 9 October 1942.

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