Owen Wolley-Dod

Brigadier-General Owen Cadogan Wolley-Dod CB DSO (2 May 1863 – February 1942) was a British Army officer who served in the Sudan Campaign, the Second Boer War, and World War I.

Early life and military career

Owen Cadogan Wolley-Dod was born on 2 May 1863, the sixth son of Reverend Charles Wolley-Dod of Edge Hall, Malpas, Cheshire. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, passing out from the latter in August 1883. He joined the Lancashire Fusiliers as a lieutenant and went on to attend the Staff College, Camberley, from 1898 to 1899.

Military service

Wolley-Dod served in the Sudan Campaign (1898) and the occupation of Crete (1898). He fought in the Second Boer War (1899–1902) with the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers and was wounded at Venter's Spruit (1900). He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his actions.

During World War I, Wolley-Dod served as Assistant Quartermaster General, Irish Command (1914), and General Staff Officer, 29th Division (1915). He commanded the 86th Brigade, 29th Division, at Gallipoli (1915) and was wounded. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (1915) and appointed inspector of Territorial Forces (1915).

Later life

Wolley-Dod retired from the army and died in February 1942, aged 78.

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