Cameron Shute

Sir Cameron Shute
General Sir Cameron Shute
Born	1866
Died	1936 (aged 69 or 70)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1885 - 1931
Rank	General
Unit	World War I
Commands held	2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 59th Brigade 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 32nd Division 19th (Western) Division V Corps 4th Division Northern Command
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir Cameron Deane Shute KCB KCMG (1866–1936) was a senior British Army officer during World War I.

Shute was commissioned into the Welsh Regiment in 1885. He transferred to the Rifle Brigade in 1895 and participated in the Nile Expedition and the Siege of Khartoum in 1898. He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in Malta from 1899 and a General Staff Officer at Scottish Coast Defences from 1905. In 1910 he was appointed Commander of the 2nd Bn the Rifle Brigade and then became a General Staff Officer at Aldershot Training Centre from 1914.

He served in World War I in France and Belgium becoming Commander of 59th Brigade in France during the Guillemont actions in 1915. He went on to be General Officer Commanding of the Royal Naval Division in 1916, of the 32nd Division in 1917 and of the 19th Division at the Battle of Messines in France in 1917. In April 1918 he took command of V Corps in France.

After the War he became GOC of 4th Division. Finally he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command in 1927; he retired in 1931.