Cuthbert Fuller

Major-General Cuthbert Graham Fuller, CMG, DSO (1874-1960)[1] was a Royal Engineers officer.

Military career

Fuller 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 1899–1902, and was mentioned in dispatches. On 1 January 1902 he appointed a Deputy Assistant Director of Railways stationed in Transvaal.[2] By 1914, he was a Major, and served in Gallipoli, Egypt, and France during the First World War, earning the brevets of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. He commanded 130 Brigade, 1923–1925 and Canal Brigade, Egypt, 1925 1928, and was Major-General in charge of administration, Eastern Command, 1929 - 1931. In 1931, he became Commander, 48th (South Midland) Division, T.A.[3] In addition to his British awards, he was a Commander of the Legion of Honor.

Family

He married (1912) Princess Sophia, daughter of Prince Vladimir Shahoffsky.

References

  1. ↑ Stoneman, Walter (1931). "Cuthbert Graham Fuller". National Portrait Gallery.
  2. ↑ "No. 27425". The London Gazette. 15 April 1902. p. 2507.
  3. ↑ "Who's Who" 1933. Kernel. 1933.


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