10 Facts About Arthur Floyer-Acland

Arthur Floyer-Acland was educated in Blundell's School, located in Tiverton, Devon.

Arthur Floyer-Acland entered the British Army in March 1905 when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 5th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

Arthur Floyer-Acland fought in the First World War, which began in the summer of 1914, receiving the Military Cross in 1915.

Arthur Floyer-Acland was promoted to a brevet major in 1917, mentioned in dispatches seven times during the course of the war, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918 and the French Croix de Guerre in 1920.

Arthur Floyer-Acland attended the Staff College, Camberley in 1921 and was breveted to lieutenant colonel in 1927.

Arthur Floyer-Acland was promoted major general later that year, and became General Officer Commanding of the 43rd Infantry Division, a Territorial Army formation, until February 1940.

Arthur Floyer-Acland was advanced to a lieutenant general in 1941, and retired from his post in the next year.

Arthur Floyer-Acland was nominated High Sheriff of Dorset in 1953 and served as Deputy Lieutenant of that county from 1957.

On 6 December 1913, Arthur Floyer-Acland married Evelyn Stafford Still, daughter of Stafford Still.

Arthur Floyer-Acland's wife died in 1973 and Floyer-Acland survived her until 1980.