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Brigadier General HUGH GREGORY FITTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

General Staff

Cdg. 101st Inf. Bde.

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1916

Age 52 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. A. 27.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Companion of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, 5 times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info A.D.C. Order of the Medjidie 4th Class (Turkey), Khedive's Bronze Star. Son of Edward B. Fitton, of Malvern, Worcestershire; husband of May Fitton, of "Island," Petersfield, Hants. Served in the Egyptian Army 1894-99.
  • Personal Inscription WE FEEBLY STRUGGLE THEY IN GLORY SHINE ALLELUIA
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