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'''Sir Michael Joseph Tighe''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG|KCB|CIE|DSO}} (1864–1925) was a [[British Army]] general who served in [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East Africa]] during [[World War I]]. | '''Sir Michael Joseph Tighe''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG|KCB|CIE|DSO}} (1864–1925) was a [[British Army]] general who served in [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East Africa]] during [[World War I]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Tighe was born on 21 May 1864. He graduated from [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Sandhurst Military College]] and was commissioned in the [[British Army]] in 1883; joining the new [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)|Leinster Regiment]]. He served in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]], in Burma, China, East Africa and Persia, and also received the [[Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar]] (2nd class). | Tighe was born on 21 May 1864. He graduated from [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Sandhurst Military College]] and was commissioned in the [[British Army]] in August 1883; joining the new [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)|Leinster Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25262|page=4171|date=24 August 1883}}</ref> He served in the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]], in Burma, China, East Africa and Persia, and also received the [[Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar]] (2nd class). | ||
Tighe commanded the [[56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)|56th Punjabi Rifles]] before retiring in 1913. | Tighe commanded the [[56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force)|56th Punjabi Rifles]] before retiring in 1913. | ||
He returned to service during [[World War I]], serving as a [[Brigadier-general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]] in the [[East African | He returned to service during [[World War I]], serving as a [[Brigadier-general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]] in the [[East African campaign (World War I)|East African campaign]] against the Germans under [[Oberst|Colonel]] [[Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Jaques |first=Tony |year=2007 |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |page=487 |isbn=9780313335365}}</ref> In 1917 he was posted to India and later retired again, with the rank of [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]]. | ||
He died in London on 5 September 1925. | He died in London on 5 September 1925. | ||
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Sir Michael Joseph Tighe KCMG KCB CIE DSO (1864–1925) was a British Army general who served in East Africa during World War I.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Tighe was born on 21 May 1864. He graduated from Sandhurst Military College and was commissioned in the British Army in August 1883; joining the new Leinster Regiment.[1] He served in the Third Anglo-Burmese War, in Burma, China, East Africa and Persia, and also received the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar (2nd class). Tighe commanded the 56th Punjabi Rifles before retiring in 1913.
He returned to service during World War I, serving as a Brigadier-General in the East African campaign against the Germans under Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.[2] In 1917 he was posted to India and later retired again, with the rank of Lieutenant-General.
He died in London on 5 September 1925.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "No. 25262". The London Gazette. 24 August 1883. p. 4171.
- ↑ Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 487. ISBN 9780313335365.