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|name= Hugo de Pree <br />
|image= Hugo de Pree in 1931.jpg<br />
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1870|12|25|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Mussoorie]], [[Bengal]], India<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|1943|03|30|1870|12|25|df=yes}}<br />
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|allegiance= United Kingdom<br />
|branch= [[British Army]]<br />
|serviceyears= 1890–1931<br />
|rank= [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]]<br />
|unit= [[Royal Artillery]]<br />
|commands= [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]<br />[[55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division|55th (West Lancashire) Division]]<br />[[13th Indian Infantry Brigade]]<br />
|battles= [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North West Frontier]]<br />[[Second Boer War]]<br />[[First World War]]<br />
|awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br />[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br />[[Distinguished Service Order]]<br />[[Mentioned in Despatches]]<br />
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''Hugo Douglas de Pree''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CMG|DSO}} (25 December 1870 – 30 March 1943) was a [[British Army]] officer who served as [[Commandant]] of the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]].<br />
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==Military career==<br />
Educated at [[Eton College]] and the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]],<ref>[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=61844 Haig Family Tree]</ref> de Pree was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Artillery]] on 25 July 1890.<ref name=lh>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/PREE.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518211344/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/PREE.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 May 2014|title=Hugo de Pree|publisher= Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|accessdate=31 May 2020}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 25 July 1893, and served on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North West Frontier]] of India in 1897. Promotion to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] followed on 3 February 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27170 |page=1433| date=2 March 1900}}</ref> when he was [[adjutant|divisional adjutant]] at [[Royal Artillery Barracks]] at [[Woolwich]].<ref>Hart′s Army list, 1901</ref> After the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]] in South Africa, he volunteered for service with the [[Imperial Yeomanry]]. He served originally with the 17th Battalion, but was on 3 May 1902 appointed second-in-command of the 7th Battalion, with the temporary rank of [[Major (British Army)|major]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27441 |page=3751 |date=10 June 1902}}</ref> He relinquished his appointment with the Imperial Yeomanry on 5 September 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27479|page=6276|date=3 October 1902}}</ref><br />
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De Pree later served in the [[First World War]].<ref name=lh/> He was appointed Commander of the [[13th Indian Infantry Brigade]] in 1920, [[General Officer Commanding]] [[55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division|55th (West Lancashire) Division]] in 1925 and [[Commandant]] of the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]] in 1926,<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=2015-07-05 }}</ref> before retiring in 1931.<ref name=lh/><br />
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He lived at [[Beckley, East Sussex|Beckley]] in [[East Sussex]] where there is a memorial to de Pree at All Saints' Church.<ref name=church>[http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.php?p=161&t=MonInsc&k=983&l=102 Sussex On Line Parish]</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Pree married firstly Diones Thornhill;<ref name=church/> they had three sons and one daughter. He later married Mary Fisher.<ref name=church/><br />
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