Reginald Howlett


Reginald Howlett was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.

Military career

Howlett was commissioned as a second lieutenant in The Royal Fusiliers on 11 August 1900. He saw active service in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and was invalided home three months after the end of the war, in September 1902. He returned to regular service with his regiment in November 1902.
He served in the First World War latterly as commanding officer of the 10th Battalion, Green Howards and then as commanding officer of the 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He became commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in 1928, Commander of the 162nd Brigade in 1932 and Commanding Officer of the British troops in Jamaica in 1936 before retiring in 1939. He also served as colonel of the Royal Fusiliers.