Charles Hull (British Army officer)
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Sir Charles Hull | |
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| Born | 3 July 1865 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 24 July 1920 (aged 55) Middlesex, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1887–1919 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Unit | Royal Scots Fusiliers Middlesex Regiment |
| Commands | 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 10th Brigade 56th (1/1st London) Division 16th (Irish) Division 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War World War I |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| Relations | Sir Richard Hull |
Major-General Sir Charles Patrick Amyatt Hull, KCB (3 July 1865 – 24 July 1920) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second Boer War and World War I. He was the father of Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull and the grandfather of Lieutenant General Richard Swinburn.
Military career
[edit]Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] Hull was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 16 November 1887.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 10 September 1890, and to captain on 24 February 1897.[3] Appointed adjutant of the 2nd battalion on 23 January 1899, he was among the officers in charge as the battalion was sent to South Africa in late October 1899, following the outbreak of the Second Boer War. He was wounded at the battle of the Tugela Heights in late February 1900, as his battalion took part in the Relief of Ladysmith.[4]
He became commanding officer (CO) of the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in August 1914[5] and led his battalion at the Battle of Mons later that month and at the Great Retreat in September 1914 during the First World War.[2] Upon being promoted to temporary brigadier general in November,[6] he went on to be commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade, and, after receiving a further promotion to temporary major general in February 1916,[7] became general officer commanding (GOC) 56th (1/1st London) Division, which he would command for the next two years, most notably during the attack on the Gommecourt Salient in late June. His rank of major general became permanent in January 1917.[8] After a period of recovery following major surgery in the United Kingdom in the autumn and winter of 1917, he became GOC 16th (Irish) Division in February 1918,[2] only to return to the 56th Division in May 1918 and then transferred to become GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in June 1919 before retiring from the army in September 1920.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Cambridge University Alumni 1261 – 1900
- ^ a b c "Charles Patrick Amyatt Hull". Gommecourt. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
- ^ "The War – Casualties". The Times. No. 36080. London. 3 March 1900. p. 9.
- ^ "Infantry Commanding Officers". Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "No. 28994". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1914. p. 10278.
- ^ "No. 29501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 March 1916. p. 2547.
- ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 15.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2020.