Allegiance United Kingdom Battles/wars First Word War Battles and wars World War I | Service/branch British Army Died 20 October 1942 Rank Brigadier | |
Commands held 10th (Service) Battalion, Green Howards
12th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
162nd Brigade
British troops in Jamaica Awards Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross | ||
Brigadier Reginald Howlett CBE DSO MC (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 on 11 August 1900. 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.
References
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