The Times, Monday 23rd September 1946

BRIG.-GENERAL H. H. S. MORANT Brigadier-General Hubert Horatio Shirley Morant, D.S.O., a veteran of the Nile campaign of 1898, died at his home near Hexham on Friday at the age of 75. Born on December 27, 1870, he was educated at Charterhouse and Sandhurst. He was gazetted in The Durham Light Infantry and served with the Egyptian Army from 1898 to 1908. For his part in the Nile campaign he was mentioned in dispatches and decorated with the Order of Osmanieh and Medjidieh. He raised and commanded the 10th Battalion of The Durham Light Infantry in the 1914-18 was and on promotion to brigadier-general he commanded the 3rd and, later the 147th Infantry Brigades. Wounded four times, he received the D.S.O. In 1919 he reverted to his regiment and, until 1923, commanded the 1st Battalion. He retired in 1927, having since 1924 commanded the Territorial Northumberland Infantry Brigade. In 1937 he received the honour of appointment as Colonel of his old regiment.