Cuthbert Fuller

Who is Cuthbert Fuller?

Cuthbert Graham Fuller DSO, CMG was a decorated Royal Engineers officer. He was educated at Beaumont College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers in 1893, and served in South Africa, 1899–1902, being mentioned in dispatches. By 1914, he was a Major, and served in Gallipoli, Egypt, and France during the First World War, earning the brevets of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. He commanded 130 Brigade, 1923–1925 and Canal Brigade, Egypt, 1925 1928, and was Major-General in charge of administration, Eastern Command, 1929 - 1931. In addition to his British awards, he was a Commander of the Legion of Honor. He married Princess Sophia, daughter of Prince Vladimir Shahoffsky.