Major General Cuthbert Graham Fuller, (15 October 1874''

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'' – 15 May 1960) was a

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officer.

Military career

Fuller was born in to Belfast, Ireland,''Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864–1958'' to George Fuller and Antoinette Cumming.''Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620–1911'' He was educated at Beaumont College and the

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. He was commissioned

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in the

on 25 July 1893, and promoted to lieutenant on 25 July 1896. He served in South Africa during the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902, and was

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. On 1 January 1902 he appointed a Deputy Assistant Director of Railways stationed in Transvaal. By 1914, Fuller was a

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. He served in

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, Egypt, and France during the First World War, earning the brevets of

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and colonel. He became commander of the 130th Infantry Brigade in 1923, commander of the

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in Egypt in 1925 and Major-General in charge of administration at Eastern Command in 1929. He became General Officer Commanding,

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, Territorial Army in June 1931 before retiring in June 1935.

Personal life

In 1912, Fuller married Princess Sophia Vladimirovna, daughter of Prince Vladimir Shahoffsky.

References

1874 births 1960 deaths Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Commanders of the Legion of Honour Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Royal Engineers officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army major generals British Army personnel of World War I Companions of the Order of the Bath Military personnel from Belfast {{UK-army-bio-stub