Frederick Dudgeon | |
---|---|
Born | 1866 |
Died | 1943 (aged 76–77) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
Commands | 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 42nd Infantry Brigade 56th (1/1st London) Division 50th (Northumbrian) Division |
Battles / wars | World War I |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General Frederick Annesley Dudgeon CB (1866–1943) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Dudgeon was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment on 29 August 1885.
He served on the Western Front in the First World War, being promoted to temporary colonel in September 1914, as commanding officer (CO) of the 2nd Battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment from 1915, as commander, with the temporary rank of brigadier general, of the 42nd Infantry Brigade from later that year. In August 1917 he was promoted to temporary major general and became general officer commanding (GOC) of the 56th (1/1st London) Division.
After the war he became commander of 8th Infantry Brigade in October 1919 and then GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division from July 1923 until he retired in July 1927.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1915 Birthday Honours.
References
- "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.
- "No. 30281". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 September 1917. p. 9447.
- "Private Papers of Major-General F A Dudgeon". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- "No. 32844". The London Gazette. 13 July 1923. p. 4854.
- "No. 12822". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 June 1915. p. 907.
Military offices | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded byWilliam Smith | GOC 56th (1/1st London) Division 1917–1918 |
Succeeded byCharles Hull |
Preceded bySir Percival Wilkinson | GOC 50th (Northumbrian) Division 1923–1927 |
Succeeded bySir George Cory |