Died 30 March 1943 Rank Major-General Years of service 1890 - 1931 | Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom Name Hugo Pree | |
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Commands held 13th Indian Infantry Brigade
55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich | ||
Major-General Hugo Douglas de Pree, CB, CMG, DSO (25 December 1870 - 30 March 1943) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
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Military career
Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, de Pree was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 25 July 1890. He was promoted to lieutenant on 25 July 1893, and served on the North West Frontier of India in 1897. Promotion to captain followed on 3 February 1900, when he was divisional adjutant at Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich. After the outbreak of the Second Boer War in South Africa, he volunteered for service with the Imperial Yeomanry. He served originally with the 17th Battalion, but was on 3 May 1902 appointed Second in Command of the 7th Battalion, with the temporary rank of major.
He later served in the First World War. He was appointed Commander of the 13th Indian Infantry Brigade in 1920, General Officer Commanding 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division in 1925 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1926 before retiring in 1931.
There is a memorial to de Pree at All Saints' Church, Beckley.
Family
Pree married firstly Diones Thornhill; they had three sons and one daughter. He later married Mary Fisher.