Frederick Dudgeon
Frederick Dudgeon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1866 |
| Died | 1943 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | 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 |
Major-General Frederick Annesley Dudgeon CB (1866–1943) was a British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Dudgeon was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment on 29 August 1885.[1]
He served on the Western Front in the First World War, being promoted to temporary colonel in September 1914,[2] as commanding officer (CO) of the 2nd Battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment from 1915, as commander, with the temporary rank of brigadier general,[3] of the 42nd Infantry Brigade from later that year and then as General Officer Commanding 56th (1/1st London) Division in August 1917.[4] 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.[5]
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1915 Birthday Honours.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 25506". The London Gazette. 28 August 1885. p. 4084.
- ^ "No. 28968". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 November 1914. p. 9109.
- ^ "No. 29307". The London Gazette. 24 September 1915. p. 9436.
- ^ "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.