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Sir Charles Hull
Born3 July 1865
Kensington, London, England
Died24 July 1920 (aged 55)
Middlesex, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1887–1919
RankMajor general
UnitRoyal Scots Fusiliers
Middlesex Regiment
Commands4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
10th Brigade
56th (1/1st London) Division
16th (Irish) Division
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
RelationsSir 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

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Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] Hull was commissioned as a subaltern, with the rank of lieutenant, into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment in April 1886.[2] He transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and the Regular Army, in November 1887 as a second lieutenant.[3][4]

He was promoted to lieutenant on 10 September 1890,[5] and to captain on 24 February 1897.[6] Appointed adjutant of his regiment's 2nd Battalion on 23 January 1899,[7] 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.[8] He was promoted to brevet major in November 1900.[9]

He attended the Staff College, Camberley from January 1902.[10] He was promoted from captain, to which he had been promoted in June 1903,[11] and brevet major to major in December 1908.[12]

He became commanding officer (CO) of the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in August 1914[13] 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.[3] Upon being promoted to temporary brigadier general in November,[14] [15] he went on to be commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade which he commanded throughout 1915 and into early 1916. After receiving a further promotion to temporary major general in February 1916,[16] and to substantive colonel the same month,[17] he became general officer commanding (GOC) 56th (1/1st London) Division, a Territorial Force (TF) formation, which he would command for the next two years, most notably during the attack on the Gommecourt Salient in late June 1916. His rank of major general became permanent in January 1917.[18] After a period of recovery following major surgery in the United Kingdom in the autumn and winter of 1917, he became GOC of the 16th (Irish) Division in February 1918,[3] only to return to the 56th Division in May, commanding it for the remainder of the war.[19]

He transferred to become GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division in June 1919 before retiring from the army in 1920 before his death at the age of 55 in July that year.[19]

References

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  1. ^ Cambridge University Alumni 1261 – 1900
  2. ^ "No. 25577". The London Gazette. 13 April 1886. p. 1785.
  3. ^ a b c "Charles Patrick Amyatt Hull". Gommecourt. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ "No. 25758". The London Gazette. 15 November 1887. p. 6064.
  5. ^ "No. 26105". The London Gazette. 11 November 1890. p. 5930.
  6. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
  7. ^ "No. 27045". The London Gazette. 24 January 1899. p. 461.
  8. ^ "The War – Casualties". The Times. No. 36080. London. 3 March 1900. p. 9.
  9. ^ "No. 11343". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 October 1901. p. 1082.
  10. ^ "No. 27413". The London Gazette. 4 March 1902. p. 1539.
  11. ^ "No. 27561". The London Gazette. 5 June 1903. p. 3578.
  12. ^ "No. 28213". The London Gazette. 8 January 1909. p. 232.
  13. ^ "Infantry Commanding Officers". Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  14. ^ "No. 28994". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1914. p. 10278.
  15. ^ "No. 28998". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 December 1914. pp. 10411–10412.
  16. ^ "No. 29501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 March 1916. p. 2547.
  17. ^ "No. 29534". The London Gazette. 4 April 1916. p. 3559.
  18. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 15.
  19. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 56th (1/1st London) Division
1916–1917 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 16th (Irish) Division
February – May 1918 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 56th (1/1st London) Division
1918–1919 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
1919–1920 		Succeeded by
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