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Arthur Solly-Flood
The US Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918 Q8986
Men of the 307th Infantry Regiment, US Army (attached to the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division for training), headed by a British regimental band, marching past Major-General Arthur Solly-Flood on a road near Famechon, France, 7 June 1918
Born 1871
Died 1940 (aged 68–69)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major-General
Commands held 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
35th Brigade
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry 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 (1871– 1940) was a British Army officer.

Military career[]

Born the son of Major-General Sir Frederick Solly-Flood and Constance Eliza Frere, Arthur Solly-Flood was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1] He was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment in 1891.[1] 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.[1] 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 in January 1917[2] and General Officer Commanding 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division in October 1917.[1] He handed over his command in June 1919 and became Military Adviser in Ireland in April 1922.[3] 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.[4]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1919 New Year Honours.[5]

He was colonel of the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards from 1930 to 1940.[6]

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Military offices
Preceded by
Bertram Mitford
GOC 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
1917–1919
Succeeded by
Herbert Shoubridge
Preceded by
Herbert Shoubridge
GOC 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
1923–1927
Succeeded by
Claude Moore
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