Robert Pigot

Robert (‘Bob’) Pigot was the eldest son of Sir George Pigot 5th Bt. of Patshull. He was commissioned in the Rifle Brigade on 4 December 1901 from the Militia.

When the Great War broke out he was on secondment to the Royal Flying Corps, with which he remained for the early part of the war. He was CO 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade (1916-17) and CO 11th Tank Battalion (1917-18). Bob Pigot was promoted to general officer rank, as GOC 6th Tank Brigade, on 12 October 1918. He was the only man to command this unit during the war.

He retired from the army on 30 July 1919. He published Twenty Five Years’ Big Game Hunting in 1928. Sir Robert Pigot succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1934. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer reserve in 1939, resigning his commission with the rank of wing-commander in 1944. His papers are in the Imperial War Museum, London.