Search results Next record Previous record Māori Thomas Ralph Eastwood Born 10 May 1890 - Died 15 February 1959 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 15/202 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Major/Military AWMM WW2 General/Military AWMM WarRegular Military Service AWMM World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 208 - No known copyright restrictions Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesThomas Ralph AWMM SurnameEastwood AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 15/202 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth10 May 1890 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 5 August 1914 AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationSoldier/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMajor de Crespigny Eastwood, Hyde End, Brenton, Kent, England AWMM Relationship statusPre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarRegular Military Service AWMM World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignSamoa AWMM 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM World War 2/wars AWMM France and Germany (TBC) AWMM Created during migration for ww2 records that were listed as western front and need to be corrected AWMM 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 15/202 AWMM Military serviceEnlisted with British Rifle Brigade, 1910. AWMM Sent to NZ as Aide-de-Camp to Governor-General, 1912. AWMM Captain, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsKnight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB) AWMM Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM 3 June 1919 AWMM London Gazette. Citation: "For distinguished service in connection military operations in France and Flanders." AWMM Military Cross (MC) AWMM 29 September 1916 AWMM London Gazette. AWMM Knight of Justice of the Order of St John (KStJ) AWMM 1914-1915 Star AWMM British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM 1939-1945 Star AWMM Defence Medal AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 AWMM Coronation Medal 1937 AWMM Grand Cross, Order of Merit of Adolphe of Nassau (Luxembourg) AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 5 August 1914 AWMM Soldier/Civilian AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 14 Feb 1915-26 March 1915 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Headquarters Staff AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 1918 AWMM Major/Military AWMM WW2 1947 AWMM General/Military AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Eastwood was a British citizen who enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) at the outbreak of World War 1. This was most likely because from 1912 he had been stationed in NZ as the Aide-de-camp for the NZ Governor-General. He served with NZEF from 1914-1918. He attained the rank of Major while with the NZ Forces.Eastwood rejoined the British Army on 17 October 1918.Served in North Russia, 1919.Served Aldershot, Cork and Staff College.Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, 1927.Promoted to Colonel and appointed Commandant of Rifle Brigade Depot, 1931.Commanding Officer (CO) of 2 Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), 1934.General Staff Officer grade 1 (GSO1) 2 Division, 1936.Commandant of Royal Military College (RMC) Sandhurst, 1938.Promoted to Major General and appointed Division Commander, 1940.Vice Chief, General Staff, 1940.Director General of the British Home Guard, 1940-41.Promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Northern Command (UK), 1941.Served with British Expeditionary Force (BEF), France, during World War 2.Promoted to General and served as Governor and Commander in Chief, Gibraltar, 1944.Retired 1947.Registered Justice of the Peace (JP).Serial Number is not recorded on Nominal Roll 1 Page 208. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death15 February 1959 AWMM Age 68 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Thomas Ralph Eastwood by laying a poppy. Percy James Eastwood Robert Edward Allan Eastwood Thomas Ralph Eastwood W. Eastwood Victor William Eather Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Thomas Ralph Eastwood Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20999902 Further Reference New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130151.html Further Reference Wikidata Entity http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q284942 Further Reference DocumentsHaigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 208 AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
