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Name: SHUTTLEWORTH, Digby Inglis (Lieut.), Sir
Birth Date: 23.8.1876 Poona, India
Death Date: 15.5.1948 Sible Hedingham, Essex
Nationality: British
First Date: 1901
Last Date: 1903
Profession: KAR
Married: In Lucknow, West Bengal 23 Sep 1926 Joan Constance Bowen b. 7 Sep 1896 Llandywydd, Cardiganshire, d. 14 May 1984 Hindhead
Children: Martin George (28 Aug 1929 Cardigan-1999); Peter Allen (28 June 1932-1983)
Book Reference: North, EA Diary 1903
War Service: ISC
General Information:
EA Diary - 5th Battn. KAR
North - Uganda Mil. - arr. Mombasa from Bombay 29/9/1901, dep. for Uganda 1/10/1901; member of Nandi punitive expedn. 28/4/1903; dep. Mombasa for England 3/7/1903 Appt. Lieut. 4th Batt KAR 9/8/1901; tendered resignation following dispute over seniority 2/6/1902; resigned, end of appt. Dec 1903
Wikipedia: Born on 23 August 1876, Digby Shuttleworth was educated at
Bedford School, and joined the
3rd Gurkha Rifles in 1898. He served in
India between 1912 and 1916, in
Mesopotamia and
Iran, and commanded the
39th Infantry Brigade in the
Caucasus, as well as the
83rd Infantry Brigade, Army of the
Black Sea, between 1917 and 1919. He was President of the
Allied Commission of Control, Ottoman War Office, in 1920, and Commander of the
83rd Infantry Brigade during the
Chanak Crisis, between 1920 and 1923. He was promoted to the rank of
major general in 1929, was Deputy Adjutant and
Quartermaster General,
Northern Command, India, between 1930 and 1932, and Commander,
Kohat District, between 1932 and 1936.
Major General Sir Digby Shutleworth became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919, a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1925, and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1937. He retired from the British Indian Army in 1936 and died on 15 May 1948.
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