Cuthbert Fuller
Major-General Cuthbert Graham Fuller CB CMG DSO (15 October 1874[1][2] – 15 May 1960)[3] was a Royal Engineers officer.
Cuthbert Fuller | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 October 1874 |
| Died | 15 May 1960 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | 130th Infantry Brigade Canal Brigade 48th (South Midland) Division |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Military career
Fuller was born in to Belfast, Ireland[1] to George Fuller and Antoinette Cumming.[4] He was educated at Beaumont College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 25 July 1893, and promoted to Lieutenant on 25 July 1896. He served in South Africa during the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902, and was mentioned in dispatches. On 1 January 1902 he appointed a Deputy Assistant Director of Railways stationed in Transvaal.[5]
By 1914, he was a major, and serving in Gallipoli, Egypt, and France during the First World War, earning the brevets of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. He became commander of the 130th Infantry Brigade in 1923, commander of the Canal Brigade in Egypt in 1925 and Major-General in charge of administration at Eastern Command in 1929. He became General Officer Commanding, 48th (South Midland) Division, T.A. in June 1931 before retiring in June 1935.[6]
Personal life
In 1912, he married Princess Sophia Vladimirovna, daughter of Prince Vladimir Shahoffsky.[7]
References
- Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864–1958
- 1939 England and Wales Register
- Stoneman, Walter (1931). "Cuthbert Graham Fuller". National Portrait Gallery.
- Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620–1911
- "No. 27425". The London Gazette. 15 April 1902. p. 2507.
- "Who's Who" 1933. Kernel. 1933.
- Burnand, Francis Cowley (1952). The Catholic Who's who. Burns & Oates. p. 162.