He married Lucie Gibson in 1888, and they had two daughters, one of whom married a brother of the Wedgwood pottery designer Daisy Makeig-Jones; Wedgwood was commissioned a lieutenant in the part-time 4th (3rd King's Own Staffordshire Militia) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment in 1883.

[4] Promoted to major on 12 September 1900, he served as Station Commandant in South Africa.

After the end of hostilities he returned home in June 1902,[5] and resigned from his commission the following month.

[citation needed] On the outbreak of World War I in 1914 he raised the 7th (Service) Battalion,[8] North Staffordshire Regiment.

His body was found and identified by James Leather, a 21-year-old bandsman and stretcher bearer.