Arthur Solly-Flood
Arthur Solly-Flood | |
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 Men of the 307th Regiment, US 77th Division, (attached to the British 42nd Division for training), headed by a British regimental band, marching past Major-General Arthur Solly-Flood, GOC 42nd Division, on a road near Famechon, France, 7 June 1918. | |
| Born | 28 January 1871[1] Southsea, Hampshire, England[1] |
| Died | December 1940 (aged 69) Crickhowell, Wales[2] |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1891−1931 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Service number | 10670[3] |
| Unit | South Lancashire Regiment 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards |
| Commands | 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 35th Brigade 42nd (East Lancashire) Division |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Arthur Solly-Flood CB, CMG, DSO (28 January 1871 − December 1940) was a British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Born the son of Major-General Sir Frederick Solly-Flood and Constance Eliza Frere, Arthur Solly-Flood was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[4] He was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1891.[4]
After seeing action in the Second Boer War, he became commanding officer of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and, in that role, deployed to the Western Front during the First World War.[4] He went on to be commander of the 35th Brigade during the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916, Director-General of Training for the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in January 1917[5] and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division in October 1917.[4]
With the war now over, he handed over his command in June 1919 and became Military Adviser in Ireland in April 1922.[6] He returned to the command of 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division in June 1923 and then served as Major-General, Cavalry from November 1927 until he retired in February 1931.[7]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1919 New Year Honours.[8]
He was colonel of the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards from 1930 to 1940.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Number 4. Name: Arthur Solly-Flood. Date of birth: 28 January 1871". National Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Arthur Solly-Flood 1871-1940 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.
- ^ "No. 35109". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 March 1941. p. 1581.
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Peter J. "Sir Arthur Solly-Flood and Tactical Training in the BEF" (PDF). Western Front Association. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Simkins, Peter (2014). From the Somme to Victory: The British Army's Experience on the Western Front 1916-1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1781593127.
- ^ Hill, J. R.; Moody, Theodore William; Martin, Francis X.; Byrne, Francis John (2003). A New History of Ireland Volume VII: Ireland, 1921-84. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199592821.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 13375". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1919. p. 2.
- ^ "4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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External links
[edit]- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.
- 1871 births
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- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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