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Arthur Dugdale

CMG DSO
Born2 February 1869
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Died27 April 1941(1941-04-27) (aged 72)
Sezincote House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankColonel
CommandsQueen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George

Colonel Arthur Dugdale CMG DSO (2 February 1869 – 27 April 1941) was a British Army officer. He was Commander of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars during the First World War.[1]

Dugdale was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of James Dugdale (1835–1915). He was a first cousin of Conservative MP Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne. When he was 15, James Dugdale purchased the majestic Sezincote House in the Cotswolds.[2] Arthur was educated at Winchester College and at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

During the First World War, he commanded the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1915 Birthday Honours[3] and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1919 New Year Honours.[4]

In 1904, he married Ethel Innes, eldest daughter of Colonel John Sherston DSO and sister of Brigadier John Reginald Vivian Sherston DSO OBE MC. They had a son, John Dugdale, a journalist and Labour politician.[1]

Dudale died at Sezincote House, aged 71.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Obituaries: Colonel A. Dugdale". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 29 April 1941. p. 7.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Sezincote (1000433)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1915. p. 6114.
  4. ^ "No. 31092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 18.


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