Major General Thomas Gerald Dalby CB, DSO (13 January 1880 – 14 March 1963) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in three conflicts.
After being educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Dalby was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 5 April 1899.
[2][3] He saw service during the Second Boer War, where he was wounded, later campaigned in Somaliland in 1904.
[6] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1936 Birthday Honours[7] before retiring in 1937.
[6] He was briefly recalled to become the first General Officer Commanding 18th Infantry Division, which was then based in the UK, in September 1939 before returning to retirement in November 1939.