Background
Thomas Tait Pitman was born on 22 December 1868, the son of Frederick Pitman, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh.
Thomas Tait Pitman was born on 22 December 1868, the son of Frederick Pitman, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh.
He entered the army in 1889 and served with the 11th (Prince Albert"s Own) Hussars for 26 years first seeing service in the North West Frontier campaign, then the Second Boer War. By the outbreak of the First World War, he a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 11th Hussars and took them to the Western Front in August 1914. He was wounded at the Battle of Messines (1914).
Later, he commanded the 4th Cavalry Brigade (1915-1916) and the 2nd Cavalry Division (1918-1919).
He was Honorary Colonel of the 11th Hussars from 17 February 1926 to 9 October 1939.
