Reginald Howlett
British Army officer and Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers
About Reginald Howlett
Lived 1882 – 1942 (aged 59–60).
Brigadier Reginald Howlett (1882 – 20 October 1942) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.
Military career Howlett was commissioned as a second lieutenant in The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) on 11 August 1900. He saw active service in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and was invalided home three months after the end of the war, in September 1902. He returned to regular service with his regiment in November 1902.
He served in the First World War latterly as commanding officer of the 10th (Service) Battalion, Green Howards and then as commanding officer of the 12th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He became commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in 1928, Commander of the 162nd Brigade in 1932 and Commanding Officer of the British troops in Jamaica in 1936 before retiring in 1939. He also served as colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.
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Who was Reginald Howlett?
British Army officer and Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers (1882–1942)
When was Reginald Howlett born?
Reginald Howlett was born in 1882.
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Reginald Howlett died on 20 October 1942.
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