Thomas Snow (British Army officer)
| Sir Thomas D’Oyly Snow | |
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Lt-Gen Sir Thomas D’Oyly Snow
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| Born |
5 May 1858 Newton Valence, Hampshire |
| Died | 30 August 1940 (aged 82) Kensington Gate, London |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom / British Empire
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| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1879–1920 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held |
British 4th Division British 27th Division |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Mention in Despatches (8) |
Zulu War
Mahdist War
World War I:
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas D’Oyly Snow KCB KCMG (5 May 1858 – 30 August 1940) was a British General on the Western Front in the First World War. He played an important role leading 4th Division in the retreat of August 1914, and commanding VII Corps at the unsuccessful Gommecourt diversion on the First Day of the Somme (1 July 1916) and at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. He had several nicknames, ‘Slush’, ‘Snowball’ and 'Polar Bear', all plays on his surname and his physical size and height.
Born the eldest son of the Reverend George D'Oyly Snow and his wife Maria Jane Barlow, Snow attended Eton College (1871–1874) and went to St John's College, Cambridge in 1878.
Snow obtained a commission in the 13th Regiment of Foot in 1879, taking part in the Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa the same year. In 1884–1885, having transferred to the Mounted Infantry Regiment of the Camel Corps, Snow fought with them in the Nile Expedition of the Mahdist War at the Battle of Abu Klea and the Battle of El Gubat in January 1885.
In 1887, he was promoted to captain and studied at the Staff College, Camberley from 1892 to 1893. Snow was promoted in 1895 to Brigade Major at Aldershot and further in 1897 to Major in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
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