Major-General Arthur Solly-Flood CB, CMG, DSO (28 January 1871 − December 1940) was a British Army officer.
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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 |
Military career
editBorn 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 as a second lieutenant on 25 March 1891, and promoted to lieutenant on 12 January 1894.[5][4]
He saw action in the Second Boer War, where he was promoted to captain on 28 February 1900,[6] and served as adjutant of the South African Light Horse.[5] For his service, he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in April 1901.[7]
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[8] the same month in which he was advanced to brevet colonel,[9] 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, when he was promoted to the permanent rank of major general,[10] and became Military Adviser in Ireland in April 1922.[11] 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.[12]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1919 New Year Honours.[13]
He was colonel of the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards from 1930 to 1940.[14]
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.
- ^ a b Hart's Army list, 1901
- ^ "No. 27179". The London Gazette. 3 April 1900. p. 2198.
- ^ "No. 11296". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 April 1901. p. 467.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 16.
- ^ "No. 31395". The London Gazette. 6 June 1919. p. 7421.
- ^ 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.