Arthur Solly-Flood

Arthur Solly-Flood
Arthur Solly-Flood
	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; Southsea, Hampshire, England
Died	December 1940 (aged 69); Crickhowell, Wales
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1891−1931
Rank	Major-General
Service number	10670
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

Major-General Arthur Solly-Flood CB, CMG, DSO (28 January 1871 − December 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, 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

^ ^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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

"Solly-Flood, Major-Gen. Arthur" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 236 – via Wikisource.

Military offices
Preceded by Bertram Mitford	GOC 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 1917–1919	Succeeded by Herbert Shoubridge
Preceded by Herbert Shoubridge	GOC 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 1923–1927	Succeeded by Claude Moore
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Henry Ewart	Colonel of the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards 1930–1940	Succeeded by Adrian Carton de Wiart

[auto-1] "Number 4. Name: Arthur Solly-Flood. Date of birth: 28 January 1871". National Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[2] "Arthur Solly-Flood 1871-1940 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.

[3] "No. 35109". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 March 1941. p. 1581.

[bio-4] Palmer, Peter J. "Sir Arthur Solly-Flood and Tactical Training in the BEF" (PDF). Western Front Association. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[Hart01-5] Hart's Army list, 1901

[6] "No. 27179". The London Gazette. 3 April 1900. p. 2198.

[7] "No. 11296". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 April 1901. p. 467.

[8] 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.

[9] "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 16.

[10] "No. 31395". The London Gazette. 6 June 1919. p. 7421.

[11] 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.

[12] "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[13] "No. 13375". The Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1919. p. 2.

[14] "4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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