Harry Townsend Fulton | |
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 Brigadier-General H. T. Fulton | |
| Born | 15 August 1869 Dalhousie, India |
| Died | 29 March 1918 (aged 48) Colincamps, France |
| Buried | Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom New Zealand |
| Service | British Army British Indian Army New Zealand Military Forces |
| Years of service | 1892–1918 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Commands | New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (2) Croix de Guerre (France) |
Brigadier-General Harry Townsend Fulton, CMG, DSO (15 August 1869 – 29 March 1918) was a British Indian Army officer who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the Second Boer War and First World War.
Born in Dalhousie, India, Fulton moved with his family to New Zealand as a child. Commissioned as an officer in the British Army in 1892, he was seconded to the Indian Army and served on the Northwest Frontier. In New Zealand on sick leave when the Second Boer War began, he volunteered for the New Zealand contingents being raised for service in South Africa and was wounded during operations in the northern Transvaal.
On leave in New Zealand when the First World War broke out, Fulton again offered his services to the New Zealand government in aid of the war effort. He was part of the Samoa Expeditionary Force and later served on the Western Front with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF). He led the New Zealand Rifle Brigade during the Somme Offensive and the Battle of Messines. He died in 1918 as a result of wounds received when his headquarters was shelled by artillery. He was the third and last brigadier-general to be killed on active service with the NZEF during the war.