Arthur Dowler
Sir Arthur Dowler | |
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Born | 16 July 1895 |
Died | 14 November 1963 (aged 68) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1914–1954 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Service number | 8634 |
Unit | East Surrey Regiment |
Commands held | 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 2nd Infantry Brigade 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division East Africa Command |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur (Arnhold Bullick) Dowler KCB KBE (16 July 1895 – 14 November 1963) was a senior British Army officer who was General Officer Commanding (GOC) East Africa Command.
Military career
Educated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] Dowler was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the East Surrey Regiment in 1914.[2] He served in the First World War in France and Belgium.[2]
Dowler also saw active service in the Second World War, initially in 1939 as Commanding Officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment and then as a General Staff Officer (GSO) with the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division.[2] In 1940 he was promoted to Brigadier on the General Staff of V Corps and subsequently commanded the 2nd Infantry Brigade.[2] He was involved in the Narvik expedition in 1940, part of the Norwegian Campaign.[1] In 1942 he was made General Officer Commanding (GOC) 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division and then Major-General in charge of Administration of Southern Command.[2] He was put in charge of Administration for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) in 1944.[2]
After the war he was appointed Chief of Staff of the British Army of the Rhine, before becoming Director of Infantry at the War Office in 1947.[2] He was GOC East Africa Command from 1948 to 1951 and subsequently Colonel of the East Surrey Regiment until his resignation in 1954.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b Queen's Royal Surreys
- ^ a b c d e f g h Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "No. 40221". The London Gazette. 15 February 1954.
- 1895 births
- 1963 deaths
- British Army generals of World War II
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- East Surrey Regiment officers
- People educated at Tonbridge School
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- British Army personnel of World War I