Nakamura Satoru (general)

Baron Nakamura Satoru (中村 覚, 18 March 1854 – 29 January 1925) was a career soldier in the early Imperial Japanese Army, serving during the Russo-Japanese War, and was an aide-de-camp to Emperor Taishō.

Nakamura was appointed aide-de-camp to the Crown Prince (the future Emperor Taishō in December 1891, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in September 1892.

During the First Sino-Japanese War, he served as Aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Japan from the end of October 1894 and was promoted to colonel in December of the same year.

During the Siege of Port Arthur Nakamura led a forlorn hope force named the Shirodasukitai (白襷隊), after the distinctive white tasuki used for visibility and identification in the darkness of a pre-dawn attack.

Nakamura was himself wounded during the assault on the night of 26 November 1904, during which most of his 4,500 man unit was annihilated with no significant result.