Douglas Edward Cayley

Douglas Edward Cayley
Born(1870-07-15)15 July 1870
India
Died19 December 1951(1951-12-19) (aged 81)
Aldershot, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1890–1920
RankMajor General
UnitWorcestershire Regiment
Commands29th Infantry Division
88th Brigade
4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of the White Eagle, 3rd Class (Serbia)[1]
Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Croix de guerre (Belgium)
Croix de guerre (France)

Major General Douglas Edward Cayley, CB, CMG (15 July 1870 – 19 December 1951) was a British Army officer of the First World War who played an important part in the evacuation of soldiers from Gallipoli.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "No. 29945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 February 1917. p. 1606.
  2. ^ A Banker's Family – Descendants of Edward Cayley of Stamford (1782–1868). Cayley Family History. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Major-General D. E. Cayley, C.B., C.M.G. - Worcestershire Regiment".
  4. ^ "Douglas Edward Cayley - National Portrait Gallery".
  5. ^ Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (30 April 2014). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914-1918. ISBN 9781473812512.