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Full name | John Meredith Hulton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 8 January 1882 Whalley Range, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 July 1942 Poole, Dorset, England | (aged 60)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations |
Campbell Hulton senior (father) Campbell Hulton junior (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1903–1905 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 25 April 2021 |
John Meredith Hulton CBE DSO (8 January 1882 – 13 July 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of Campbell Arthur Grey Hulton, he was born in January 1882 at Whalley Range, Lancashire and was educated at Charterhouse School. [1] After completing his education, Hulton chose a career in the military. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 5th (Royal Westminster Militia) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in September 1900. [2] He immediately served in the Second Boer War, during which he was promoted to lieutenant in May 1901. [3] Following the war Hulton transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment in July 1903; because he was transferring from a militia battalion, he entered the Royal Sussex Regiment as a second lieutenant. [4] Having returned to England, Hulton played three first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1903 and 1905, playing against London County in 1903, and in 1905 Kent and Leicestershire. [5] His three matches yielded him 127 runs, with a highest score of 65 against Kent at Lord's. [6] [7]
He gained promotion to lieutenant in September 1906, [8] before gaining the temporary rank of captain while seconded as an adjutant in the Territorial Force in November 1912. [9] Hulton served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in the First World War. In the first year of the conflict he gained the full rank of captain in November 1914. [10] He later served in the Gallipoli campaign, seeing action during the Landing at Suvla Bay in August 1915 and the subsequent Battle of Scimitar Hill on 21 August with the 1/4 Royal Sussex Regiment, where he testified to confusion in the midst of the battle and the retreating wounded soldiers of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. [11] By July 1916, he was seconded to headquarters as a brigade-major, [12] but had returned to the Royal Sussex Regiment by January 1917, when he was promoted to major. [13] Two months later he was appointed to the general staff, [14] with secondment to the Welch Regiment following later in 1917. He was appointed to the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel in September 1917 while commanding a battalion, [15] but relinquished the rank in November 1917 upon him ceasing to be in command of a battalion. [16] His relinquishment was shortlived, as the following month he was reinserted into the temporary rank while once again commanding a battalion. [17] Hulton was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 Birthday Honours for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Egypt, [18] in addition to being decorated by Egypt with the Order of the Nile, 3rd Class. [19]
Shortly after being wounded at the Battle of Beersheba, Hulton volunteered for General Alfred Knox's mission to Eastern Russia during the Russian Civil War. There he commanded a training school on Russky Island and fought against General Radola Gajda's coup attempt in November 1919. For his services during the Russian Civil War he was made a CBE and was additionally decorated in August 1921 by the Empire of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class. [20] He was made a brevet lieutenant colonel in January 1923 and transferred to the Tank Corps in July 1923. [21] [22] Hulton transferred to the Tank Corps in July 1923. [23] He was the chief instructor at the Royal Corps Central Schools at Bovington Camp from 1931 to 1935. [24] He retired from active service in May 1935, at which point he held the rank of colonel [25] [26] Hulton died at Poole in July 1942. [24]His brother, Campbell Blethyn Hulton, was also a first-class cricketer.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | John Meredith Hulton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 8 January 1882 Whalley Range, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 July 1942 Poole, Dorset, England | (aged 60)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations |
Campbell Hulton senior (father) Campbell Hulton junior (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1903–1905 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 25 April 2021 |
John Meredith Hulton CBE DSO (8 January 1882 – 13 July 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of Campbell Arthur Grey Hulton, he was born in January 1882 at Whalley Range, Lancashire and was educated at Charterhouse School. [1] After completing his education, Hulton chose a career in the military. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 5th (Royal Westminster Militia) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in September 1900. [2] He immediately served in the Second Boer War, during which he was promoted to lieutenant in May 1901. [3] Following the war Hulton transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment in July 1903; because he was transferring from a militia battalion, he entered the Royal Sussex Regiment as a second lieutenant. [4] Having returned to England, Hulton played three first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1903 and 1905, playing against London County in 1903, and in 1905 Kent and Leicestershire. [5] His three matches yielded him 127 runs, with a highest score of 65 against Kent at Lord's. [6] [7]
He gained promotion to lieutenant in September 1906, [8] before gaining the temporary rank of captain while seconded as an adjutant in the Territorial Force in November 1912. [9] Hulton served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in the First World War. In the first year of the conflict he gained the full rank of captain in November 1914. [10] He later served in the Gallipoli campaign, seeing action during the Landing at Suvla Bay in August 1915 and the subsequent Battle of Scimitar Hill on 21 August with the 1/4 Royal Sussex Regiment, where he testified to confusion in the midst of the battle and the retreating wounded soldiers of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. [11] By July 1916, he was seconded to headquarters as a brigade-major, [12] but had returned to the Royal Sussex Regiment by January 1917, when he was promoted to major. [13] Two months later he was appointed to the general staff, [14] with secondment to the Welch Regiment following later in 1917. He was appointed to the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel in September 1917 while commanding a battalion, [15] but relinquished the rank in November 1917 upon him ceasing to be in command of a battalion. [16] His relinquishment was shortlived, as the following month he was reinserted into the temporary rank while once again commanding a battalion. [17] Hulton was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 Birthday Honours for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Egypt, [18] in addition to being decorated by Egypt with the Order of the Nile, 3rd Class. [19]
Shortly after being wounded at the Battle of Beersheba, Hulton volunteered for General Alfred Knox's mission to Eastern Russia during the Russian Civil War. There he commanded a training school on Russky Island and fought against General Radola Gajda's coup attempt in November 1919. For his services during the Russian Civil War he was made a CBE and was additionally decorated in August 1921 by the Empire of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class. [20] He was made a brevet lieutenant colonel in January 1923 and transferred to the Tank Corps in July 1923. [21] [22] Hulton transferred to the Tank Corps in July 1923. [23] He was the chief instructor at the Royal Corps Central Schools at Bovington Camp from 1931 to 1935. [24] He retired from active service in May 1935, at which point he held the rank of colonel [25] [26] Hulton died at Poole in July 1942. [24]His brother, Campbell Blethyn Hulton, was also a first-class cricketer.