Robert Maxwell Dudgeon,

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, DSO, MC, JP (20 February 1881 – 6 November 1962) was a

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and

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. The eldest son of

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Robert Francis Dudgeon, CB, he was educated at

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and

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. Following nomination from the Authorities of Public Schools, he was commissioned into the

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as a second lieutenant on 5 January 1901. He saw active service with the 1st Battalion of his regiment in

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, during the

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. After the war ended in June 1902, Dudgeon and other men of the 1st battalion left Cape Town in the SS ''Dunera'' in late September 1902, arriving at Southampton early the following month. He went on to become Brigadier-General before he retired in 1920. From 1920 to 1930, he was

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; and from 1930 to 1945 Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland.‘DUDGEON, Brig.-Gen. Robert Maxwell’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 201
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Recipients of the Military Medal 1962 deaths 1881 births British Army personnel of World War I Chief Inspectors of Constabulary (Scotland) Law enforcement in Scotland Knights Bachelor Companions of the Distinguished Service Order People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh People educated at Uppingham School Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officers British prison governors British Army brigadiers {{UK-army-bio-stub