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to Europe. He ran into some difficulty because, like most senior British commanders and politicians, he pushed for the amalgamation or incorporation of Americans into understrength British units to be commanded by British officers. This caused much friction with the senior American commanders, who
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exploded nearby, shattering Bridges' right leg, which was amputated later that night at Wulveringham. Not wanting to return to England, the next six weeks were spent at a base hospital at Montreuil, near Bologne.
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Subsequently, Bridges was appointed to liaison missions to Greece, the Balkans, and Russia (where he was responsible for the evacuation of the British Mission and the remains of the anti-Bolshevik
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contingents, and was severely wounded. He was confirmed as captain in the Royal Artillery on 8 January 1902, and served in South Africa till the end of the war in June 1902, after which he left
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Bridges had a distinguished military career, seeing service in Africa, India, South Africa, and most notably Europe during the First World War, where he was involved in the
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the following year. After the war, he served in Greece, Russia, the Balkans, and Asia Minor before becoming Governor of South Australia from 1922 to 1927.
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In October, French flew Bridges to the besieged Belgian city of Antwerp to provide intelligence there for the British headquarters.
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Lieutenant-General Tom Bridges, head of all British war missions to the United States, pictured here at his headquarters in
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supernumerary to the establishment on 5 April 1900. For a few months in 1901 he was in command of two West Australian
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He recovered quickly, however, and after a three-month stint as head of the trench warfare department of
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in March 1920). His final active service was in Greece, fighting against the Turks in Asia Minor.
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on 19 February 1895, and was seconded to the Central Africa Regiment from July to November 1899.
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Bridges was appointed Governor of South Australia in 1922, at the instigation of his friend
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in 1909, attaining the substantive rank of major. He was appointed military attaché to the
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Bloch, Michael (6 August 2013). James Lees-Milne: The Life (Kindle Locations 3174–3175).
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translated from German by Major George Tom Molesworth Bridges (Hugh Rees, London, 1910)
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Bridges devoted his retirement to painting and writing. He published several books:
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Bridges was a conservative governor, defending capital punishment, supporting the
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in the second half of 1917. He was severely injured on 20 September at the
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Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918
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felt that American troops should be commanded by American officers.
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formation, which was demoralised after severe casualties at the
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ministries of 1924–27. He was particularly angered by Premier
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drinking songs and other hilarious prohibition stories.
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movement, and created a political storm by addressing a
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In 1899 he transferred to South Africa to serve in the
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Bridges returned in time to lead his division in the
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Colonel of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
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Word from England: an anthology of prose and poetry
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Index

George Tom Molesworth Bridges
KCB
KCMG
DSO

Governor of South Australia
George V
Henry Barwell
John Gunn
Lionel Hill
Richard Butler
Sir Archibald Weigall
Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
Kent
Brighton
Robert Bridges
Alvilde Chaplin
British Army
British Army
Lieutenant General
Royal Artillery
19th (Western) Division
Second Boer War
First World War
Battle of Mons
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

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