Frederic Hova Wolley Dod

Remembered with Honour in the Chanak Consular Cemetery, TurkeyBritish War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.

Frederic (Hova) Wolley Dod.

Personal Details:

Born in Eton, Buckinghamshire in 1872 (baptised 25th March 1872).

Fourth son of the Rev. Charles and Mrs Frances Lucy Wolley Dod of Edge, Malpas.

Frederic emigrated to Canada in 1893, taking his substantial collection of butterflies and moths with him, and was recognised there as an expert in the field of lepidoptera (butterflies and moths).

He was well published and had various specimens named after him.

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Military Details:

Regiment:           1st Garrison Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Rank:                 Lieutenant.

Serial Number:   None allocated.

Frederic came back from Canada to enlist despite his age.

He joined up in 1917 and was transferred to a Labour Company in Macedonia where he hoped to continue his passion for lepidoptera.

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Record of Death:

Died of typhoid in Macedonia (now Turkey) on 24th July 1919. Aged 47

Buried in Chanak Consular Cemetery, Turkey. (including Gallipoli) I. A. 6.

Frederic is also commemorated on the memorial at The Abbey Church of St Mary, Nuneaton.

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Gravestone Inscription:

"I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD"

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Medals and Awards:

Frederic was awarded the Campaign Medals (British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further information:

Frederic died of enteric on his way home from Salonika.

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Note*

Enteric infections are caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites that invade the gastrointestinal tract and disrupt its normal function, typically producing diarrhea, cramping, and sometimes fever..

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Will of Frederic Hova Wolley Dod
DOD Frederic Hova Wolley of Midnapore Alberta Canada second-lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry died 24 July 1919 at the stationary hospital Chanak army of the Black Sea Administration (with Will limited) London 2 April to Francis Richard Clarke and Gordon Lloyd Trevor Kenyon solicitors’ attorneys of Herbert Smith and Norman Williams. Effects £951 1s. 1d.