Claim: Sir Thomas Ralph Eastwood was a lieutenant general of the British army, he was born in 1890 and fought in the first world war.
Evidence: Lieutenant general (1890-05-10)10 May 1890
Canterbury, Kent, England After participating in the occupation of German Samoa, Eastwood left New Zealand with the Third Reinforcement in February 1915, arriving at Suez by sea forty days later. The Occupation of Samoa was the takeover – and subsequent administration – of the Pacific colony of German Samoa by New Zealand during World War I. British Army (1910–14, 1918–47)
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (1914–18)