Charles ET Lull

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Charles Edward Teddy Lull (born January 15, 1880 in Washington, DC , † November 12, 1934 there ) was an American officer ( colonel ). He is the initiator of the American Military History Foundation .

Life

Lull was born in 1880 to Naval Officer Edward P. Lull, a Civil War veteran , and his wife Emma Terry, who came from a distinguished New England family. He grew up in France and the USA . He studied metallurgy at Lehigh University (BS 1900) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 1901 he earned an MA from Columbia University in New York. He then worked as a technical draftsman for John August Roebling .

He then joined the New Jersey Army National Guard and was promoted to corporal . In 1902 he became a second lieutenant in the US Army infantry force . In 1903 he was served in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps . In 1910 he graduated from the Coast Artillery School . In 1920 he was promoted to major . During the First World War he served as Chief of Staff of the 86th Infantry Division in France. In 1921 he attended the École Superieure de Guerre in France. In 1923 he moved to the Chemical Warfare Service and graduated from the Chemical Warfare Service School . Further promotions followed, to Lieutenant Colonel (1926) and Colonel (1934). In 1928 he attended Army War College and in 1929 Command and General Staff College .

Lull was Chief of the Historial Section of Army War College and published several articles. On June 9, 1933, he was in Washington, DC with a small group of military founders of the American Military History Foundation (AMHF). He was elected Secretary Treasurer at the founding meeting, but is considered the initiator of the organization.

He was married from 1905 (to a woman from California ) and father of a son. In 1934 he died in the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, DC He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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personal data
SURNAME Lull, Charles ET
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lull, Charles Edward Teddy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1934
Place of death Washington, DC