Thomas D'Oyly Snow Military person

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas D’Oyly Snow KCB, KCMG (5 May 1858 – 30 August 1940) was a British General in the First World War who commanded during some of the major battles of the Western Front. He had two nicknames, ‘Slush’ and ‘Snowball’, both plays on 'Snow'.

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Thomas D'Oyly Snow
Birth dateMay 05, 1858
Birth place
Hampshire , Newton Valence
Date of deathAugust 30, 1940
Place of death
London

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Mentioned in dispatches
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
Battle of Le Cateau
First Battle of the Aisne
Mahdist War
Battle of Arras (1917)
Battle of the Somme
Anglo-Zulu War
World War I
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Second Battle of Ypres
military branch
British Army
military command
British 4th Division
British 27th Division
service start1879
service end1920