Thomas Jacomb Hutton
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For the Canon of Windsor, see Thomas Hutton (priest).
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Jacomb Hutton, KCIE, CB, MC & Bar (27 March 1890 – 17 January 1981) was a British Army officer who held a variety of vital staff appointments between the First and Second World Wars, ultimately commanding the Burma Army during the early stages of the Japanese conquest of Burma in early 1942.[1]
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Born | (1890-03-27)27 March 1890 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
Died | 17 January 1981(1981-01-17) (aged 90) London, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1909–1944 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Service number | 19400 |
Unit | Royal Field Artillery Royal Artillery |
Commands held | Burma Command (1941–42) Chief of the General Staff, India (1941) Western Independent District (1938–40) |
Battles/wars | First World War Arab revolt in Palestine Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross & Bar Mentioned in Despatches (5) Legion of Honour (France) Croix de Guerre (France) War Merit Cross (Italy) |
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Hutton was married to Scottish psychiatrist Isabel Emslie Hutton.[2]