Thomas Hutton
| Sir Thomas Hutton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 March 1890 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Died | 17 January 1981 (aged 90) London, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1909–1944 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Commands held |
Chief of the General Staff (India) Burma Command |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Military Cross & bar Mentioned in dispatches |
Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Jacomb Hutton, KCB, KCIE, MC & bar (1890–1981) was a British Army officer, who held a variety of vital staff appointments between World War I and World War II, ultimately commanding the Burma Army during the early stages of the Japanese conquest of Burma in 1942.
He was educated at Rossall School and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1909, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Royal Artillery. He served on the Western Front throughout World War I, being promoted to captain in 1915 and brevet major in 1918. He became staff qualified, and served in 1918 as a General Staff Officer, Grade 3 (GSO3) and as a brigade major from 1918 to 1919.
From 1919 to 1920 he served in the War Office as the Assistant Military Secretary and from 1923 to 1924 as the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General.
After attending the Staff College, Camberley as a student from 1923 to 1924, alongside John Smyth, Edmond Schreiber, Montagu Stopford and Arthur Percival, from 1924 to 1926, he was General Staff Officer, Grade 2 (GSO2) on the staff of Eastern Command, in the eastern counties of Britain. He was officially promoted to the full rank of Major in 1927, and from 1927 to 1930 he was the Military Assistant to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) and later attended the Imperial Defence College. He was "double jumped" to the rank of full Colonel in 1930 and served from 1933 to 1936 as General Staff Officer Grade 1 (GSO1) in the Directorate of Military Operations in the War Office.
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