Arthur Solly-Flood

Major-General Arthur Solly-Flood, 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. He was commissioned into the South Lancashire Regiment as a second lieutenant on 25 March 1891, and promoted to lieutenant on 12 January 1894.
He saw action in the Second Boer War, where he was promoted to captain on 28 February 1900, and served as adjutant of the South African Light Horse. For his service, he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in April 1901.
He was a general staff officer, grade 2, in succession to Reginald Hoskins.
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. Promoted in February 1915 to brevet lieutenant colonel, he went on to be commander of the 12th (Eastern) Division's 35th Infantry Brigade during the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916, Director-General of Training for the British Expeditionary Force in January 1917 the same month in which he was advanced to brevet colonel, and, after being made a temporary major general in October 1917, General Officer Commanding of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division in October 1917.
With the war now over, he handed over his command in June 1919, when he was promoted to the permanent rank of major general, and became Military Adviser in Ireland in April 1922. He returned to the command of 42nd Infantry Division in June 1923 and then served as Major-General, Cavalry from November 1927 until he retired in February 1931.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1919 New Year Honours.
He was colonel of the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards from 1930 to 1940.