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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British Army general (1908–1993)}}<br />
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{{Infobox military person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]<br />
| name = Sir Reginald Hewetson<br />
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB|CBE|DSO}}<br />
| image = Sir Reginald Hewetson.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|08|04|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Shortlands]], [[Kent]], England<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|01|19|1908|08|04|df=yes}}<br />
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| allegiance = United Kingdom<br />
| branch = [[British Army]]<br />
| service_years = 1928–1967<br />
| rank = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]<br />
| service_number = 40386<br />
| unit = [[Royal Artillery]]<br />
| commands = [[British Far East Command|Far East Land Forces]] (1963–1964)<br/>[[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|British Forces in Hong Kong]] (1961–1963)<br/>[[Staff College, Camberley]] (1958–1961)<br/>[[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Division]] (1956–1957)<br/>[[11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|11th Armoured Division]] (1956)<br/>6th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (1944)<br/>[[West Riding Artillery|121st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]] (1943–1944)<br />
| battles = [[Second World War]]<br />
| awards = [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]]<br />
| spouse = Patricia Burkitt<br />
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Reginald Hackett Hewetson''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|GCB|CBE|DSO}} (4 August 1908 – 19 January 1993) was a senior [[British Army]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] and a former [[Adjutant-General to the Forces]].<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Educated at [[Repton School]] and at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], Reginald Hewetson was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Artillery]] in 1928.<ref name=who>Who Was Who Volume 1X 1991 – 1995 (1996)</ref> He served in India from 1929 to 1935.<ref name=who/><br />
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During the [[Second World War]] Hewetson served in France, North Africa and Italy.<ref name=who/> He was appointed a [[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]] for his service during the war.<ref name=who/><ref name="Generals of World War II">{{cite web|url=https://generals.dk/general/Hewetson/Reginald_Hackett/Great_Britain.html|title=Biography of General Sir Reginald Hackett Jackson (1908–1993), Great Britain|website=generals.dk}}</ref> In 1942 he served in the [[Tunisian campaign]] as a [[Staff (military)|General Staff Officer]] (GSO) with the [[Line of communication|lines of communication]] of the [[First Army (United Kingdom)|British First Army]], before being made a GSO Grade 1 (with the [[78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|78th Infantry Division]], also serving with the First Army in the fighting in Tunisia. The division later fought in the [[Allied invasion of Sicily]] in July–August 1943 but Hewetson left to take command of the [[West Riding Artillery|121st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]], then [[Italian campaign (World War II)|fighting in Italy]], before then assuming command of the 6th Field Regiment, also fighting in Italy, sometime in 1944. He returned again to the 78th Division, this time as the division's [[Commander, Royal Artillery]]. Once again, his stay was short as he was soon sent to [[X Corps (United Kingdom)|X Corps]] as its Brigadier General Staff (BGS), a position he held until then end of the war in 1945.<ref name="Generals of World War II"/><br />
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Hewetson was BGS of the [[British Army]] in Austria from 1945 to 1947.<ref name=who/> In 1949 he attended the [[Royal College of Defence Studies|Imperial Defence College]] in London and then,<ref name="Generals of World War II"/> in 1953, he was appointed was Commander, Royal Artillery within the [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Division]] in Germany and in March 1956 he became [[General Officer Commanding]] [[11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|11th Armoured Division]].<ref name=who/> In April 1956 the 11th Armoured Division was reformed under his command as the [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Division]] and in 1958 he became [[Commandant]] of the [[Staff College, Camberley]].<ref name=who/> In 1961 he was appointed [[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] and in 1963 he became General Officer Commanding [[British Far East Command|Far East Land Forces]], a post he held until 1964 when he became [[Adjutant-General to the Forces|Adjutant General]].<ref name=who/> He retired from the [[British Army]] in 1967.<ref name=who/><br />
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Hewetson was also Colonel Commandant of the [[Royal Artillery]] from 1962 to 1973. He was [[Aide-de-Camp General|ADC General]] to [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] from 1966 to 1967.<ref name=who/> He was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in 1958, a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in 1962 and a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] in 1966.<ref name=who/> He was also appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1943 and a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1945.<ref name=who/><br />
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A service to commemorate his life was held on 12 February 1993.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/court-circular-1472784.html Court Circular] ''The Independent'', 13 February 1993</ref> He lived in [[Uckfield]], [[East Sussex]].<ref name=who/><br />
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Hewetson was also a first class [[cricket]] player who played for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29406.html Cric info]</ref> in the [[Bombay Quadrangular]] in 1929.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Kent/Players/13/13684/First-Class_Matches.html |title=Cricket Archive |access-date=29 October 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025030435/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Kent/Players/13/13684/First-Class_Matches.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Hewetson married Patricia Burkitt.<ref>[http://genforum.genealogy.com/hewetson/messages/11.html Genealogy]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{s-bef|before=[[John Anderson (British Army officer, born 1908)|John Anderson]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl|title=[[11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|GOC 11th Armoured Division]]|years=March–April 1956}}<br />
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{{s-ttl|title=[[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|GOC 4th Division]]|years=1956–1957}}<br />
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{{s-bef|before=[[Nigel Poett]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl|title=[[Staff College, Camberley|Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley]]|years=1958–1961}}<br />
{{s-aft|after=[[Charles Henry Pepys Harington|Charles Harington]]}}<br />
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{{succession box | before=[[Roderick McLeod (British Army officer)|Sir Roderick McLeod]] | title=[[Commander British Forces in Hong Kong|Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong]] | years=1961–1963 | after=[[Richard Craddock|Sir Richard Craddock]]}}<br />
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{{s-bef|before=[[Nigel Poett|Sir Nigel Poett]]}} <br />
{{s-ttl|title=[[British Far East Command|GOC Far East Land Forces]]|years=1963–1964}}<br />
{{s-aft|after=[[Alan Jolly|Sir Alan Jolly]]}}<br />
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{{s-bef|before=[[James Cassels (British Army officer)|Sir James Cassels]]}} <br />
{{s-ttl|title=[[Adjutant-General to the Forces|Adjutant General]]|years=1964–1967}}<br />
{{s-aft|after=[[Geoffrey Musson|Sir Geoffrey Musson]]}}<br />
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