Arthur Sloggett served as Director General Army Medical Services in 1914 and Director-General of the Medical Services of the British Armies in the Field during First World War.
12 Facts About Arthur Sloggett
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Arthur Sloggett was dangerously wounded, when his horse was shot from under him, and he himself was shot through the chest by a bullet.
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Arthur Sloggett received the Egyptian medal with a clasp; a third class of the Order of the Medjidie; and the fourth class of the Osmanieh.
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Arthur Sloggett was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusulem on 7 March 1900.
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Arthur Sloggett took part in operations in the Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony.
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Arthur Sloggett was mentioned in dispatches in 1901, and received the Queen's medal with three clasps, the King's medal with two clasps, and was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George on 9 September 1903.
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Arthur Sloggett was promoted to Surgeon-General on 13 May 1908, and then between 24 July 1908 and 30 December 1911 was Principal Medical Officer, 6th Division in Bombay, India.
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Arthur Sloggett was appointed Principal Medical Officer at headquarters in India and Director of Medical Services in India.
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Arthur Sloggett was sent to France on 28 October 1914, taking up the roll of Director-General of Medical Services of the British Expeditionary Force and Chief Commissioner of the British Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance Association.
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Arthur Sloggett remained in France for nearly four years, until June 1918, when his four years' term of office as Director-General came to an end.
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Arthur Sloggett was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath and awarded the Legion of Honour in 1915, the Order of King Leopold of Belgium, Commander in 1916, and was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George and a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1917.
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Arthur Sloggett is buried in St Peter's Church, Petersham, together with his wife Helen.