Reginald Hewetson

General Sir Reginald Hackett Hewetson, GCB CBE DSO (4 August 1908 19 January 1993) was a senior British Army officer and a former Adjutant-General to the Forces.

Sir Reginald Hewetson
Born(1908-08-04)4 August 1908
Shortlands, Kent, England
Died19 January 1993(1993-01-19) (aged 84)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1928–1967
RankGeneral
UnitRoyal Artillery
Commands held11th Armoured Division
4th Division
Staff College, Camberley
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
Far East Land Forces
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
RelationsPatricia Burkitt (Wife)

Military career

Educated at Repton School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Reginald Hewetson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1928.[1] He served in India from 1929 to 1935.[1] During the Second World War he served in France, North Africa and Italy.[1] He was awarded the DSO for his service during the War.[1]

He was Brigadier on the General Staff of the British Army in Austria from 1945 to 1947.[1] In 1953 he was appointed was Commander Royal Artillery within 2nd Division in Germany and in March 1956 he became General Officer Commanding 11th Armoured Division.[1] In April 1956 11th Armoured Division was reformed under his command as 4th Division and in 1958 he became Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley.[1] In 1961 he was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong and in 1963 he became General Officer Commanding Far East Land Forces, a post he held until 1964 when he became Adjutant General.[1] He retired from the British Army in 1967.[1]

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1962 to 1973. He was ADC General to the Queen from 1966 to 1967.[1]

He was awarded the CB in 1958, the KCB in 1962 and the GCB in 1966.[1] He was also awarded the OBE in 1943 and the CBE in 1945.[1]

A service to commemorate his life was held on 12 February 1993.[2] He lived in Uckfield, East Sussex.[1]

Hewetson was also a first class cricket player who played for the Europeans[3] in the Bombay Quadrangular in 1929.[4]

Family

He married Patricia Burkitt.[5] They had 2 children and 9 Grandchildren

References

  1. Who Was Who Volume 1X 1991 - 1995 (1996)
  2. Court Circular The Independent, 13 February 1993
  3. Cric info
  4. Cricket Archive
  5. Genealogy
Military offices
Preceded by
John Anderson
GOC 11th Armoured Division
March 1956April 1956
Succeeded by
Division Reformed as 4th Division
Preceded by
Division Reformed
(Position last held by Ernest Down)
General Officer Commanding the 4th Division
19561957
Succeeded by
Gerald Hopkinson
Preceded by
Nigel Poett
Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley
19581961
Succeeded by
Charles Harington
Preceded by
Sir Roderick McLeod
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
1961–1963
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Craddock
Preceded by
Sir Nigel Poett
GOC Far East Land Forces
19631964
Succeeded by
Sir Alan Jolly
Preceded by
Sir James Cassels
Adjutant General
19641967
Succeeded by
Sir Geoffrey Musson
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