Lot Essay
INDENTMajor William Hood-Dye, born 1889, entered the Army as a Dental Surgeon and was given the temporary rank of Lieutenant, November 1914; Lieutenant 1916; Captain 1917; served in a Hospital Ship, Mediterranean, 1916-17; Mesopotamia 1917-18; North West Persia, 1918-20; was given Permanent Regular Army Commission as Captain, June 1920; seconded under the Colonial Office, 1921-25 and served in Nyasaland; resigned April 1925