{{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Brigadier-General | name = Hugh Gregory Fitton | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|DSO}} | image = File:Hugh Gregory Fitton.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = November 1863 | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|01|20|1863|11|df=yes}} | death_place = Ypres, Belgium | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} Brigadier-General '''Hugh Gregory Fitton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|DSO}} (November 1863 – 20 January 1916) was a British Army officer. He was killed in Ypres, Belgium, whilst in command of the 34th Division's 101st Infantry Brigade.
==Military career== His military career began in February 1884 when he graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment of the British Army.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25315|page=535|date=5 February 1884}}</ref>{{sfn|Davies|Maddocks|2014|p=59}}
He attended the Staff College, Camberley, from 1891 to 1892<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fK4aAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA118|title=Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List|year=1899|page=120}}</ref> and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in November 1896<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26795|date=17 November 1896|page=6271}}</ref> and promoted in November 1898 to brevet major,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27023|page=6690|date=15 November 1898}}</ref> he transferred as a major in May 1902 to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27431|page=3013|date=16 May 1902}}</ref>{{sfn|Davies|Maddocks|2014|p=59}}
Promoted again, in August 1905 to lieutenant colonel, when he took command of a battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27830|page=5841|date=25 August 1905}}</ref>
He was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1911 Birthday Honours in June 1911.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28505|page=4590|date=16 June 1911|supp=y}}</ref>
In November 1914, having recently been appointed as a brigadier general, he was given command of an infantry brigade.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29015|page=10922|date=22 December 1914}}</ref>
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==Sources== *{{cite book|first1=Frank|last1=Davies|first2=Graham|last2=Maddocks|title=Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918|publisher=Pen and Sword Books|year=2014|orig-year=1995|isbn=978-1-78346-237-7}} * https://www.malvernremembers.org.uk/ww1-profiles/hugh-gregory-fitton
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