Mentioned alongside Arthur John Bather in Egypt and aid to the Long Range Desert Group is Leonard Horace Charles Hatton.
He entered the Great War as a Sergeant in the 20th Hussars. Commissioned shortly afterwards, he served through the war and survived earning a Military Cross in 1918.
In 1921 he was in Constantinople. It's not clear when he got to Egypt first but in 1926 he is awarded the Order of the Nile while commanding the Egyptian Frontiers Administration Camel Corps and Car Patrol.
Egyptian Frontiers Administration officer Major David Johnston Wallace (ex-Royal Scots Fusiliers) wrote up a short report about the organization and work of the Camel Corps and Car Patrol :
Hatton gets a very brief mention in Major Dun's book about the 12th Lancers Expedition to Siwa oasis.
In 1937, the Car Patrol appears to have been using Ford Cars and have had at least one unit with Vickers Machine Guns accoding to the British Military Report on Egypt
Hatton's OBE in 1941 does not appear directly related to the frontline war.
Born 11th April 1888, Kensington London,
Father William (1844-1893), mother Hannah Ross
(1848-1904)
Died 7th November 1980 The Spinney Woodside
Morley Derbyshire
1911 Census
20th Hussars, Lance Sergeant.
20th Hussars
Sergeant, number 5277
Entered France 16th Aug 1914. Clasp and Rose for
1914 Star.
LONDON GAZETTE 23 October 1914
War Office, 23rd October, 1914.
REGULAR FORCES.
The undermentioned to be Second Lieutenants for service in
the Field: —
Dated 16th September, 1914.
20th Hussars, Squadron Serjeant-Major Ernest Frederick
Wyborn.
Serjeant Leonard Hatton.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28949/page/8515
LONDON GAZETTE 08 December 1914
War Office, 9th December, 1914. Revised and corrected list
of names appended to Sir John French's Despatch, dated 8th October, 1914
(including those published for the first time in the London Gazette, dated 4th
December, 1914).
No. 5277 Serjeant L. Hatton
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29001/supplement/10538
Marriage
October 1915 to Ella Lucy Margaret Gosling.
LONDON GAZETTE 16 July 1918
Military Cross
Lt. (A./Capt.) Leonard Horace Charles Hatton, Hrs. For
conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed great gallantry in
searching a village still containing several hostile machine guns and snipers
who were causing losses. He performed this difficult and dangerous task with
great coolness and showed a fine example of courage.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30801/supplement/8462
1921 Census
20th Hussars, Constantinople
LONDON GAZETTE 30 April 1926
Whitehall, April 28, 1926.
The KING has. been pleased to give and grant unto Leonard
Horace Charles Hatton, Esq., M.C., Camel Corps and Car Patrols, Frontiers
Administration, War Office, Cairo, His Majesty's Royal licence and authority to
wear the Insignia of the Fourth Class of the Order of the Nile, which
Decoration has been conferred upon him by His Majesty the King of Egypt, in
recognition of valuable services rendered by him.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33156/page/2930
LONDON GAZETTE 5 April 1929
15th/19th H.—Capt. L. H. C. Hatton,
M.C., retires on ret. pay, 6th Apr. 1929, and is granted the rank of Maj.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33483/page/2280/data.pdf
LONDON GAZETTE 01 June 1934
OBE
Major Leonard Horace Charles Hatton, M.C., retired pay,
Reserve of Officers, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, attached Egyptian
Army, Officer Commanding, Camel Corps and Car Patrols, Frontiers
Administration.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34056/page/3562
LONDON GAZETTE 8 FEBRUARY, 1938
ORDER OF THE NILE.
Insignia of Commander.
Major Leonard Horace Charles Hatton, O.B.E., M.C.
Robert Augustin Gardner, Esq., B.Sc., M.B., Ch.M.
Arnold Kirkpatrick Henry, Esq., M.B., M.Ch., F.R.C.S.I.
Jasper Wyndham Macaldin, Esq.
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34480/page/809/data.pdf
Who’s Who Le
Mondain Egypt 1941
BRITISH MILITARY MISSION TO
THE EGYPTIAN ARMY
Frontier Force
Col. R.H.C. Hatton,
O.B.E., M.C. ;
Lt. Col. A.J. Bather,
R.T.C.
BATHER, Major A.J.,
R.T.C., attache, British
Military Mission to
the Egyptian Army,
7, rue
Amir Fouad, Zamalek, [II] 56765, Caire.
https://archive.org/stream/TheEgyptianWhosWho1941/LeMondainEgyptien1941.PartI_djvu.txt
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