Name Lionel Dorling | Died July 11, 1925 | |
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Battles/wars Second Boer WarFirst World War Awards Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in dispatches Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Colonel Lionel Dorling CB, CMG, DSO (7 August 1860 – 11 July 1925) was a British Army officer.
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Early years
Dorling was born on 7 August 1860 the son of Henry and Elizabeth Dorling of Epsom, he was educated at Charterhouse School between 1873 and 1878. He was commissioned on 13 August 1879 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 105th Foot.
Pre war service
In 1893 he was seconded from the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry for service in the Army Pay Department.
Relief of Ladysmith including Action at Colenso
Employed with Army Accounts Dept. 01/05/1905
Malta 29/04/1912 to 03/08/1912 South Africa 30/09/1912 to 1914 Eastern Command 17/12/1916
In December 1888 Dorling married Constance Price, daughter of William Henry and Ada Price in Karachi. They had one son Lionel Henry Godfrey Dorling, born in Lichfield, Staffordshire in September 1889. Dorling died on 11 July 1925 at Littlehampton, Sussex.