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1899 Jun 17. Born Bristol, Gloucestershire (bapt 8 Aug 1899)
1901 census at 12, Linden Grove, Alverstoke, Hants
1911 census at boarding school at Door House Canterbury Road Westgate - on - Sea, Kent
2nd Lt in Royal Welsh Fusiliers before the RAF.
1920 Aug 17. Joined ADRIC with service no 375. Posted to C Coy.
1921 Mar 19 to 3 Apr Leave
1921 Apr 5. Resigned and joined Accountancy Branch of the RAF
1921 Apr 11. Temp Commission in RAF as Flying Officer
1928 Oct/Dec married • Tonbridge, Kent to Margaret Reeve (–1940)
1931 Jun 30. Promoted Ft Lt
1934 Considered for a job with Malta Football Association
One name which kept cropping up for the post was that of Flight Lieutenant Douglas Arthur William Sugden who had just arrived in Malta with his unit. Sugden was a popular administrator in English football. He was a close friend of the English FA secretary Frederick Wall and he was also a director of Southampton FC and vice-president of Leyton Orient FC. Sugden, who held a first class refereeing certificate, was also the honorary secretary of the RAF Football Association and a member of the Hampshire Country FA.
1936. Divorce Court File: 1245. Appellant: Margaret Sugden. Respondent: Douglas Arthur William Sugden. Type: Wife's petition for divorce
1937 Oct 1. Promoted Squadron Leader
1939 Apr 30. Divorce
1940 Apr/Jun married in • Epping, Essex to Winifred Olga Richards (1905–1990)
1940 Jul 19 OBE and engaged (again)
1949 Nov 13. Died Westgate
