Thomas Jacomb Hutton
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Hutton was married to Scottish psychiatrist Isabel Emslie Hutton.[2]
Early life and First World War
Thomas Jacomb Hutton was born on 27 March 1890 in
Between the wars
From 1919 to 1920, Hutton served in the
After attending the Staff College, Camberley, as a student from 1922 to 1923,[1] Hutton was a General Staff Officer Grade 2 (GSO2) on the staff of Eastern Command from 1924 to 1926, in the eastern counties of Britain.[1] He was promoted to the substantive 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.[1][5] 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.[1]
In 1936, Hutton served in the British forces in
Second World War
In 1940, after the outbreak of the Second World War, Hutton was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff, GHQ India.[1] The following year he was promoted lieutenant-general and became Chief of the General Staff at GHQ India.[1]
Burma Army
In 1942, Hutton was appointed General Officer Commanding
Hutton initially ordered his subordinates to fight as close to the borders as possible. Some of them thought that he was doing so on Wavell's orders, but Hutton actually wished to gain time for reinforcements to arrive.[6] This resulted in the defeat of the ill-equipped and badly-trained Burmese and Indian formations that tried to fight close to the frontier.
Hutton now considered that
During the crisis in Burma in 1942, it was felt by some senior officers (such as General Sir Alan Hartley, the acting Commander in Chief in India), that Hutton made a good chief of staff but was not fitted for command in the field.[8] Hutton subsequently served until 1944 as Secretary of the War Resources and Reconstruction Committees of Council, India.[1] In 1944, he retired from the army.[1]
Later career
Hutton held a variety of Civil Posts after his retirement: from 1944 to 1946, he was Officiating Secretary, Viceroy's Executive Council in India.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : HUTTON, Lt Gen Sir Thomas Jacomb (1890–1981)". kingscollections.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71709. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 28329". The London Gazette. 14 January 1910. p. 340.
- ^ "No. 28674". The London Gazette. 24 December 1912. p. 9784.
- ^ Smart 2005, p. 165.
- ^ Allen 1984, pp. 25–36.
- ^ Allen 1984, p. 48.
- ^ Allen 1984, pp. 50–51.
Bibliography
- Allen, Louis (1984). Burma: The Longest War. Dent Publishing. ISBN 0-460-02474-4.
- Callahan, Raymond (2007). Churchill and His Generals. University Press of Kansas, 2007. ISBN 978-070061512-4.
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. ISBN 1844150496.
External links
- LHCMA catalogue: Papers of Lt Gen Sir Thomas Jacomb Hutton, MC, KCB, KCIE (1890-1981), King's College London Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. (URL accessed 9 June 2006)
- "By Air and Foot", 'Time magazine, 16 February 1942. British versus Japanese, Rangoon; (archive article), URL accessed 9 June 2006)
- British Army Officers 1939–1945
- Generals of World War II
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