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]
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Lieutenant-General Sir John Fowler | |
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Born | (1864-07-29)29 July 1864 Navan, County Meath, Ireland |
Died | 20 September 1939(1939-09-20) (aged 75) Harrogate, Yorkshire, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1886–1925 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held | 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) |
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