Career
He was made aide-de-camp to King George VI. Reginald Dawson Hopcraft Lough was born on 5 August 1885 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the son of William J. Lough, a retired Army chaplain, and Jane M. Lough. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.
Lough joined the Royal Marines in 1903.
He was made lieutenant colonel in 1933, colonel in 1936, Royal Marine Aide-de-Camp to King George VI (1938-1939), major general in 1939 and lieutenant general in 1940. He retired in 1941. Lough died in Deal, Kent on 22 March 1958.
