Major General Hubert Essame, CBE, DSO, MC (24 December 1896 – 2 March 1976) was a British Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars.
[2] Essame joined the British Army during the First World War as a volunteer in 1915, and enlisted into the 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Although knocked over by a shell early in the operations, he overcame the shock by sheer will power, and continued his duties totally regardless of personal danger.
His coolness and ability in the hazardous task of collecting information and keeping control of the situations as they arose, and the value of his services to his commanding officer cannot be estimated.
[6] Between 1946 and 1949, Essame was President of the Regular Commissions Board, before retiring from the army with the rank of major general on 24 June 1949.