Fuller was born in to
Belfast, Ireland, to George Fuller and Antoinette Cumming. He was educated at
Beaumont College and the
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned
second lieutenant in the
Royal Engineers on 25 July 1893, and promoted to
lieutenant on 25 July 1896. He served in South Africa during the
Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902, and was
mentioned in despatches. On 1 January 1902 he appointed a Deputy Assistant Director of Railways stationed in
Transvaal. By 1914, Fuller was a
major. He served in
Gallipoli, Egypt, and France during the
First World War, earning the
brevets of
lieutenant colonel and
colonel. He became commander of the
130th Infantry Brigade in 1923, commander of the
Canal Brigade in Egypt in 1925 and
Major-General in charge of administration at
Eastern Command in 1929. He became General Officer Commanding,
48th (South Midland) Division, Territorial Army in June 1931 before retiring in June 1935. ==Personal life==