RA Collection: People and Organisations
John Oliver Brook Hitch (1887-1953) was an English architect and a British Army officer who was awarded the Military Cross.
His father was the architectural sculptor Nathaniel Hitch (1845-1938) and his brother was the sculptor Frederick Brook Hitch (1877-1957). (The latter studied sculpture at the RA Schools from 1902-1907).
Hitch served in the British Army during the First World War, rising to the rank of colonel and being awarded the Military Cross.
He designed Shoreham war memorial (opened 1920) in Kent, and the chalk war memorial at Cross Field, Shoreham (opened 1921). He designed the animal clinic at Kilburn, London, which was opened in 1932 and included decorative sculptures by his brother Frederick Brook Hitch.
Born: 20 August 1887 in Lambeth
Died: 15 September 1953
RA Schools student from 25 July 1912 to November 1922
Gender: Male