General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt, KCB, CMG, DSO (9 April 1871 – 19 May 1939) was a British Army officer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who commanded a division in the First World War and in retirement served as Governor of Bermuda.
Cubitt was the youngest son of a family of rural gentry in Norfolk, who joined the Royal Artillery in 1891. He requested colonial service, and spent five years in Africa, where he was involved in the creation of the West African Frontier Force and served in a number of campaigns in northern Nigeria. Shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, he was appointed as Deputy Commissioner in Somaliland, where he mounted a series of campaigns against the Dervish State.
He requested a transfer to the Western Front in 1916, and commanded an infantry battalion and a brigade before being promoted to take command of 38th (Welsh) Division in early 1918. He led the division until the Armistice, with marked success. Following the war, he held a series of peacetime commands in Germany, Egypt, and England, before being made Governor of Bermuda in 1931. He held this position until 1936, when he retired.
General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt, KCB, CMG, DSO (9 April 1871 – 19 May 1939) was a British Army officer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who commanded a division in the First World War and in retirement served as Governor of Bermuda.
Cubitt was the youngest son of a family of rural gentry in Norfolk, who joined the Royal Artillery in 1891. He requested colonial service, and spent five years in Africa, where he was involved in the creation of the West African Frontier Force and served in a number of campaigns in northern Nigeria. Shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, he was appointed as Deputy Commissioner in Somaliland, where he mounted a series of campaigns against the Dervish State.
He requested a transfer to the Western Front in 1916, and commanded an infantry battalion and a brigade before being promoted to take command of 38th (Welsh) Division in early 1918. He led the division until the Armistice, with marked success. Following the war, he held a series of peacetime commands in Germany, Egypt, and England, before being made Governor of Bermuda in 1931. He held this position until 1936, when he retired.
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Grandchildren of Francis and Jane
Bertram Blakiston Cubitt K.C.B. died 23rd Sept 1943 aged 80
also Leila Isobel G A Cubitt, his wife, died 14th Oct 1951 aged 78
also Thomas Astley Cubitt, his brother, Gent, K.C.B. K.C.M.G. D.S.O., died 19th May 1939 aged 69
and Mary Olive Cubitt, his wife, died 23rd July 1947 aged 68
also their brother and sister, Julian Francis Cubitt of Fritton House died 4th Feb 1959 aged 89
Theresa Helen Bonn nee Cubitt died 13th April 1959 aged 85
also Frank Leslie Cubitt, Lt Col Royal Norfolk Regiment, elder son of Bertram and Leila, died 29th Sept 1958 aged 60
also his wife, Helen Margaret Cubitt died 13th May 1983 aged 80 years
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also descendants of Francis and Jane Cubitt,
their grandson, John Francis Blakiston C.I.E.
1882-1965
and his wife, Margaret Dora nee Ward-Jackson, died 24th Feb 1991 aged 81 years
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