Garnet Hughes

Garnet Hughes
Brigadier General Garnet Hughes, July 1916
Born(1880-04-22)22 April 1880
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died12 April 1937(1937-04-12) (aged 56)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Allegiance Canada
Service/branchCanadian Expeditionary Force
Years of service1899–1920
RankMajor General
Commands1st Canadian Division
5th Canadian Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George[1]
Distinguished Service Order[2]
Mentioned in Despatches
RelationsSam Hughes (father)
Samuel Hughes (son)
Other workCivil engineer

Major General Garnet Burk Hughes CB, CMG, DSO (22 April 1880 – 13 April 1937) was a Canadian military officer during the First World War. Although he had shown promise as a cadet officer and was politically well-connected, he was judged not to be an able combat officer and, in the latter half of the war, was shunted away from the front lines to administrative roles.

  1. ^ "No. 13033". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1917. p. 5.
  2. ^ Hopkins, J.C. (1919). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs. Canadian Review Company, Limited. p. 741.

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