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Hutton, Sir Thomas Jacomb, 1890-1981, Knight, Lieutenant General
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1890-1981
History
Born in 1890; educated at Rossall and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; commissioned into the Army as 2nd Lt, Royal Artillery, 1909; service on the Western Front, World War One, 1914-1918; Capt, 1915; Brevet Maj, 1918; General Staff Officer, Grade 3, 1918; Brigade Maj, 1918-1919; Assistant Military Secretary, 1919-1920; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, War Office,1923-1924; General Staff Officer, Grade 2, Eastern Command, 1924-1926; Maj, 1927; Military Assistant to Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1927-1930; Col, 1930; General Staff Officer Grade 1, Military Operations, 1933-1936; served in Palestine, 1936; General Staff Officer Grade1, 1 Division, 1936-1938; Maj Gen, 1938; General Officer Commanding Western Independent District, India, 1938-1940; Deputy Chief of General Staff, Army HQ, India, 1940-1941; Lt Gen and Chief of General Staff, India, 1941; General Officer Commanding Burma, 1942; Secretary of War Resources and Reconstruction Committees of Council, India, 1942-1944; Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery,1942-1952; retired, 1944; Officiating Secretary, Viceroy's Executive Council, and Secretary of Planning and Development Department, 1944-1946; Regional Officer, Ministry of Health, 1947-1949; General Manager, Anglo-American Council on Productivity, 1949-1953; Director, British Productivity Council, 1953-1957; Chairman of Organisation and Methods Training Council, 1957-1964; died in 1981.
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0099 KCLMA
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Further information is available at the National Archives (F31511)