Thomas Victor Anderson

Major-General Thomas Victor Anderson DSO, CD (July 4, 1881 – November 8, 1972) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from 21 November 1938 until 6 July 1940.

Education Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Thomas Victor Anderson graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1900, student # 433. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1905 and promoted to captain in 1910 and to major in 1913.

Military career Anderson served in World War I as Commander Royal Canadian Engineers for 3rd Canadian Division on the Western Front. He was mentioned in despatches four times and awarded the DSO in 1918. He was further awarded with the Russian Order of St Anne, 2nd class, with swords, the 1914–1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, finishing the war as a brevet colonel.

After the war he became an instructor at the Royal Military College of Canada. and retired in 1943.