Frederick Dudgeon
Major-General Frederick Annesley Dudgeon CB (1866–1943) was a British Army officer.
Frederick Dudgeon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1866 |
| Died | 1943 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | 2nd Bn, the South Lancashire Regiment 42nd Infantry Brigade 56th (1/1st London) Division 50th (Northumbrian) Division |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Military career
Dudgeon was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment on 29 August 1885.[1] He served on the Western Front in the First World War as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment from 1915, as commander of the 42nd Infantry Brigade from later that year and then as General Officer Commanding 56th (1/1st London) Division in August 1917.[2] After the war he became commander of 8th Infantry Brigade in October 1919 and then General Officer Commanding the 50th (Northumbrian) Division from July 1923 until he retired in July 1927.[3]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1915 Birthday Honours.[4]
gollark: Did anything happen with Schnorr claiming to have a very fast way to factor things?
gollark: This "introduction" is 84 pages.
gollark: Evidently, I need to find a general number field sieve implementation.
gollark: It *does* do this, that's just unavailable in this channel.
gollark: Wait, this is just an arbitrary random number.
References
- "No. 25506". The London Gazette. 28 August 1885. p. 4084.
- "Private Papers of Major-General F A Dudgeon". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "No. 12822". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 June 1915. p. 907.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Smith |
GOC 56th (1/1st London) Division 1917–1918 |
Succeeded by Charles Hull |
| Preceded by Sir Percival Wilkinson |
GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division 1923–1927 |
Succeeded by Sir George Cory |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.