John Fowler (British Army officer)
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Lieutenant-General Sir John Sharman Fowler, KCB, KCMG, DSO (29 July 1864 – 20 September 1939) was a British Army engineer officer who specialised on telegraph on signals, and who was later Commander of British Forces in China.[1]
Lieutenant-General Sir John Fowler | |
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| Born | 29 July 1864 Navan, County Meath, Ireland |
| Died | 20 September 1939 (aged 75) Harrogate, Yorkshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1886–1925 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | British Forces in China |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War First World War Chitral Expedition |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches |
| Relations | Sir Alexander Godley (brother-in-law) |
Early life and education
Fowler was born in Navan, County Meath, the second son of Robert Fowler and Letitia Coddington.[2][3] He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. His elder sister Louisa married Sir Alexander Godley.[1]
Military career
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Fowler was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in January 1886.[4][5] He took part in the Izazai expedition in 1892, was promoted to captain on 24 September 1895, and went to Chitral in the North West Frontier of India in 1896.[5] He also took part in the Tirah Expeditionary Force in the North West Frontier of India in 1897.[5] He attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1898 to 1899.[6]
Fowler served in the Second Boer War as a member of the South Africa Field Force,[5] and attached to the 2nd Division Telegraph Battalion, and was mentioned in despatches (dated 8 April 1902).[7] Following the end of the war in June 1902, he received a brevet promotion to major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[8] and returned home with his division on the SS Britannic from Cape Town to Southampton in October that year.[9] After his return, he was stationed with the 1st Division Telegraph Battalion, at Aldershot.[10]
He was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel in January 1911.[11]
Fowler also served in the First World War as Director of Army Signals for the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).[5] A temporary colonel in August 1914,[12] he was promoted to temporary brigadier general in October 1914,[13] he was made a major general in January 1917[14] and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in January 1918.[15]
In 1921 he was appointed General Officer Commanding the Straits Settlements and the following year he was appointed Commander of British Forces in China.[16] He retired in 1925.[5]
Fowler was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Signals from 1923 to 1934.[5]
Personal life
Fowler married Mary Olivia Henrietta Brooke in Ireland on 10 August 1904.[17] They had two daughters.[1]
References
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