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John Hulton
Personal information
Full name
John Meredith Hulton
Born8 January 1882
Whalley Range, Lancashire, England
Died13 July 1942(1942-07-13) (aged 60)
Poole, Dorset, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
RelationsCampbell Hulton senior (father)
Campbell Hulton junior (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1903–1905Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 127
Batting average 25.40
100s/50s –/1
Top score 65
Balls bowled 24
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Charterhouse Register 1872-1900. Stedman. 1904. p. 435.
  2. ^ "No. 27232". The London Gazette. 25 September 1900. p. 5895.
  3. ^ "No. 27320". The London Gazette. 4 June 1901. p. 3774.
  4. ^ "No. 27572". The London Gazette. 3 July 1903. p. 4191.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Hulton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Hulton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by John Hulton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ^ "No. 27954". The London Gazette. 2 October 1906. p. 6629.
  9. ^ "No. 28665". The London Gazette. 22 November 1912. p. 8583.
  10. ^ "No. 29043". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 January 1915. p. 592.
  11. ^ Chambers, Stephen (1912). Suvla: August Offensive. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. pp. 130–1. ISBN 1783830522.
  12. ^ "No. 29709". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 August 1916. p. 8100.
  13. ^ "No. 29905". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 January 1917. p. 676.
  14. ^ "No. 30051". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 May 1917. p. 4311.
  15. ^ "No. 30486". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1918. p. 1071.
  16. ^ "No. 30487". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1918. p. 1083.
  17. ^ "No. 30602". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 March 1918. p. 3908.
  18. ^ "No. 30717". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1918. p. 6489.
  19. ^ Wales And The War. Western Mail. 11 November 1918. p. 4
  20. ^ "No. 32428". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 August 1921. p. 6569.
  21. ^ "No. 32782". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1922. p. 15.
  22. ^ "No. 32848". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1923. p. 5135.
  23. ^ "No. 32848". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1923. p. 5135.
  24. ^ a b Obituary. Evening Despatch. 16 July 1942. p. 4
  25. ^ "No. 34145". The London Gazette. 26 March 1935. p. 2055.
  26. ^ "No. 34145". The London Gazette. 26 March 1935. p. 2056.

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