Henry Fleetwood Thuillier

Sir Henry Fleetwood Thuillier
Sir Henry Fleetwood Thuillier
	Henry Fleetwood Thuillier by Walter Stoneman, 1919.
Born	30 March 1868; Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Died	11 June 1953
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Years of service	1887–1920
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	2nd Infantry Brigade; 15th Division; 23rd Division; School of Military Engineering; 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Major-General Sir Henry Fleetwood Thuillier KCB CMG, (30 March 1868 – 11 June 1953) was a British Army officer who played a significant part in the development of gas warfare.

Early life

Thuillier was born at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 30 March 1868, the son of Colonel Sir Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier, KCIE.[1]

Military career

Thuillier was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 23 July 1890.[2] His early career was spent in India.[1] He became commander of 2nd Infantry Brigade in October 1915, General Officer Commanding 15th Division in June 2017 and General Officer Commanding 23rd Division in Italy in 1918 during the First World War.[3]

After the war he became Commandant of the School of Military Engineering in November 1919, Director of Fortifications and Works at the War Office in 1924[4] and General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division in June 1927 before retiring in March 1930.[5] He died on 11 June 1953.[1]

Selected publications

The Principles of Land Defence and Their Application to the Conditions of To-Day. 1902.
Gas in the next war. Geoffrey Bles, London, 1939. (German translation published in Zürich by Scientia, 1939, as Das gas im nächsten krieg. Introduction and notes by V. Tempelhoff).

Family

His son was Lt. Col. Henry Shakespear Thuillier (1895-1982).[6]

gollark: You can see the wavelengths it doesn't block, presumably.

gollark: Black-market eye transplants are *expensive*, you know.

gollark: There are so *many* of them.

gollark: If I were styro I would probably just have pings here turned off honestly.

gollark: Probably. I imagine the windows have filters on them.

References

"Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Thuillier", The Times, 13 June 1953, p. 8.
"No. 26073". The London Gazette. 25 July 1890. p. 4102.
Hill, Robert (2011). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. 11. Duke University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0822346906.
"No. 32926". The London Gazette. 11 April 1924. p. 3009.
"Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
Bosher, J. F. (2010). Imperial Vancouver Island: Who Was Who, 1850-1950. Xlibris Corporation. p. 727. ISBN 978-1-4500-5962-6.

External links

Correspondence at the National Archives

Military offices
Preceded by Hamilton Reed	GOC 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 1927–1930	Succeeded by Sir Walter Constable-Maxwell-Scott

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[Times-1] "Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Thuillier", The Times, 13 June 1953, p. 8.

[2] "No. 26073". The London Gazette. 25 July 1890. p. 4102.

[3] Hill, Robert (2011). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers. 11. Duke University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0822346906.

[4] "No. 32926". The London Gazette. 11 April 1924. p. 3009.

[5] "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[Bosher-6] Bosher, J. F. (2010). Imperial Vancouver Island: Who Was Who, 1850-1950. Xlibris Corporation. p. 727. ISBN 978-1-4500-5962-6.