Robert Montgomery (British Army officer)
Robert Montgomery | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 September 1848 |
| Died | 1931 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1868–1915 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | Southern District South Coast Defences Transvaal District |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Major-General Robert Arthur Montgomery, CB, CVO (7 September 1848 – 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded Southern District.
Military career
Montgomery was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1868.[1] He became Deputy Director-General of the Ordnance in 1897,[2] Commander Royal Artillery for Southern District, based in Portsmouth, in November 1902[3] and General Officer Commanding Southern District, also based in Portsmouth, in November 1903.[4] He went on to be General Officer Commanding South Coast Defences in April 1904 and then General Officer Commanding Transvaal District in May 1906 before returning to England in April 1908.[4]
He served briefly in the First World War initially as a General Officer Commanding a division of Lord Kitchener's Army at Seaford[1] and then as Director of Recruiting in Autumn 1915.[4]
He came from Greyabbey, Ireland[5] but lived at Pentrepant, in the parish of Selattyn, near Oswestry in Shropshire.[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the June 1902 Coronation Honours list.[6]
References
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- ^ Bodley, John Edward Courtenay (1903). "The Coronation of Edward VII: A Chapter of European and Imperial History". p. 412. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36914. London. 1 November 1902. p. 9. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ a b c "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "The House". Grey Abbey House. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. p. 4190.