Robert Wanless O'Gowan

Major-General

Robert Wanless O'Gowan

CB CMG
Born(1864-09-05)5 September 1864
Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died15 December 1947(1947-12-15) (aged 83)
Hindhead, Surrey, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
Service years1886–1920
RankMajor-General
UnitCameronians (Scottish Rifles)
CommandsCannock Chase Reserve Centre (1918–1920)
31st Division (1915–1918)
13th Infantry Brigade (1915)
ConflictsSecond Boer War

First World War

AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in dispatches (8)

Major-General Robert Wanless O'Gowan, CB, CMG (5 September 1864 – 15 December 1947) was a British Army officer who commanded the 31st Division during the First World War.

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