Thomas Tait Pitman

Major-General Thomas Tait Pitman (born 22 December 1868, died 8 March 1941) was a British cavalry officer, who was a general officer during the First World War

Personal life
Thomas Tait Pitman was born on 22 December 1868, the son of Frederick Pitman, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh. He was one of eight brothers, including Frederick Islay Pitman and Charles Murray Pitman. In 1920 he married Violet Mary, only daughter of Sir Michael Lakin, 1st Baronet. He died on 8 March 1941.

Military career
He entered the army in 1889 and served with the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars for 26 years first seeing service in the North West Frontier campaign, then the Second Boer War. By the outbreak of the First World War, he a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 11th Hussars and took them to the Western Front in August 1914. He was wounded at the Battle of Messines (1914). Later, he commanded the 4th Cavalry Brigade (1915–16) and the 2nd Cavalry Division (1918–19).

He was appointed Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) in 1915 and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1918 and mentioned in despatches six times. He was Hon. Colonel of the 11th Hussars from 17 February 1926 to 9 October 1939.