Charles Hull (British Army officer)

Major-General Sir Charles Patrick Amyatt Hull KCB (3 July 1865 – 24 July 1920) was a senior British Army officer who served during World War I. He was the father of Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt Hull.

Military career
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Hull was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in November 1887. He became Commanding Officer (CO) of the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in August 1914 and led his battalion at the Battle of Mons later that month and at the Great Retreat in September 1914 during the First World War. He went on to be commander of the 10th Brigade in November 1914, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 56th (1/1st London) Division in February 1916 and, after a period of recovery following major surgery in the United Kingdom in the autumn and winter of 1917, GOC 16th (Irish) Division in February 1918. He returned to the 56th Division in May 1918 and remained in command until March 1919.