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Robert Montgomery
Born7 September 1848
Died1931 (aged 82–83)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1868–1915
RankMajor-General
UnitRoyal Artillery
CommandsSouthern District
South Coast Defences
Transvaal District
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion 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

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After graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Montgomery was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in July 1868.[1][2]

He was Deputy Director-General of the Ordnance from 1897,[3] and was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for Southern District, based in Portsmouth, in November 1902,[4] with the rank of major-general.[5] A year later, he became General Officer Commanding Southern District, also based in Portsmouth.[6] 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.[6]

He served briefly in the First World War initially as a General Officer Commanding the 22nd Division of Lord Kitchener's Army at Seaford[1] and then as Director of Recruiting in the autumn of 1915.[6]

He came from Greyabbey, Ireland[7] 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.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "New Director of Recruiting". North Wales Chronicle. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ^ "No. 7868". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 July 1868. p. 897.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36914. London. 1 November 1902. p. 9.
  5. ^ "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.
  6. ^ a b c "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  7. ^ "The House". Grey Abbey House. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  8. ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. p. 4190.
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Military offices
Preceded by GOC Southern District
1903–1904 		Succeeded by
Sir Evelyn Wood
(As GOC-in-C Southern Command)
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