William Fitch (British Army officer)

Lieutenant Colonel William Fitch  (died 1795) was a British Army officer.

Military career
Fitch was commissioned into the 65th Regiment of Foot on 28 November 1775. He was promoted, in the same regiment, to lieutenant on 2 January 1779 and to captain on 7 December 1779. He was then promoted to major in the 51st Regiment of Foot on 30 November 1791 and then transferred to the 55th Regiment of Foot on 25 April 1792 before being appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the 83rd Regiment of Foot on 28 September 1793. He embarked for the West Indies in May 1795 and was deployed to Jamaica where he was killed in action later that year during the Second Maroon War.