Lieutenant General Thomas William Corbett, CB, MC & Bar (2 June 1888 – 30 December 1981) was a British Indian Army officer who commanded the IV Corps during the Second World War.
Corbett attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned onto the Unattached List for the British Indian Army on 19 January 1907.
He showed high qualities of organisation, courage, and leadership, and it was largely due to his fine example that the raid against greatly superior numbers was successful.
[10][13][3] Corbett served in the Second World War as a brigadier responsible for the cavalry at Army Headquarters, India and then as Inspector of Cavalry Army Headquarters India from 29 January 1940 to 31 August 1940,[10] before becoming General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 1st Indian Armoured Division on 1 September (later known as 31st Indian Armoured Division).
[4] Corbett, despite being recommended for command of the British Eighth Army by Claude Auchinleck, was instead dismissed in the so-called 'Cairo purge' in August 1942.
"[20] By October 1945 Corbett had been re-employed as head of the Combined Inter Services Historical Section (India) while on the Indian Regular Reserve of Officers.