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{{Infobox military person
|name=Sir Digby Shuttleworth
|birth_date=23 August 1876<ref>''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947''</ref>
|birth_place= [[Pune]], British India
|death_date=15 May 1948 (aged 71)
|death_place= [[Halstead]], [[Essex]], England
|image=
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
|serviceyears= 1898–1936
|rank= [[Major-General]]
|branch= [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Indian Army]]
|current position=
|commands=
|unit= [[3 Gorkha Rifles|3rd Gurkha Rifles]], [[39th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|39th Infantry Brigade]], [[83rd Brigade (United Kingdom)|83rd Infantry Brigade]]
|battles= [[World War I|First World War]]
|awards= [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]
|laterwork=
}}

[[Major-General]] '''Sir Digby Inglis Shuttleworth''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] [[Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (23 August 1876 – 15 May 1948) was a senior [[British Indian Army]] officer.

==Biography==

Born on 23 August 1876, Digby Shuttleworth was educated at [[Bedford School]], and joined the [[3 Gorkha Rifles|3rd Gurkha Rifles]] in 1898. He served in [[British Raj|India]] between 1912 and 1916, in [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Iran]], and commanded the [[39th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|39th Infantry Brigade]] in the [[Caucasus]], as well as the [[83rd Brigade (United Kingdom)|83rd Infantry Brigade]], Army of the [[Black Sea]], between 1917 and 1919. He was President of the [[Occupation of Constantinople|Allied Commission of Control, Ottoman War Office]], in 1920, and Commander of the [[83rd Brigade (United Kingdom)|83rd Infantry Brigade]] during the [[Chanak Crisis]], between 1920 and 1923. He was promoted to the rank of [[major general]] in 1929, was Deputy Adjutant and [[Quartermaster general|Quartermaster General]], [[Northern Command (India)|Northern Command, India]], between 1930 and 1932, and Commander, [[Kohat District]], between 1932 and 1936.<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U231749/SHUTTLEWORTH_Maj.-Gen._Sir_Digby_Inglis?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0 SHUTTLEWORTH, Maj.-Gen. Sir Digby Inglis : Who's Who]</ref>

[[Major general|Major General]] Sir Digby Shutleworth became a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31373|page=6948|date=3 June 1919|supp=y}}</ref> a [[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in 1925,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33007|page=3|date=1 January 1925|supp=y}}</ref> and a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34365|page=693|date=1 February 1937|supp=y}}</ref> He retired from the [[British Indian Army]] in 1936 and died on 15 May 1948.

His older brother was [[A. R. B. Shuttleworth]].<ref>''1891 England Census''</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:People educated at Bedford School]]
[[Category:Indian Army generals of World War I]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]

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