Maj.Gen.Sir George Henry Fowke 1864 - 1936
Maj.Gen.Sir George Henry Fowke , youngest son. Assistant Adjutant general (War Office, Royal Engineers) The Times, Friday, Feb 19, 1915; pg. 4; Issue 40782; col A Army Honours. Promotions For Field Service., Orders Of Chivalry. Army Honours: Companions of the Order of the Bath Col.(temp. Brig.Gen.) G.H. Fowke dsp Fowke, George Henry (1864?1936), Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Engineers. Educated Wellington, RMA Woolwich. Entered Royal Engineers (RE), 1884. Promoted to Captain, 1892. Brevet Major, 1900. Brevet Lt.-Colonel, 1902. Director of Public Works, Transvaal, 1902?4. Attached to the Japanese Army in Manchuria, May?November 1905. Instructor in Fortifications, School of Military Engineering, 1906?8. AAG for RE at War Office, 1910?13. Colonel, 1910. Inspector, RE, 1913?14. Brigadier General, 1913. Served on various commands in Europe, 1914?18. Major General, 1915. War Service: South African war, 1899?1902, twice mentioned in dispatches. Was he married before? GRO ref. Marriages Sep 1904 Fowke George Henry Gloucester 6a 638 Grove Minnie Jane Gloucester 6a 638 Kingston Henry James Gloucester 6a 638 Malpas Mabel Beatrice A Gloucester 6a 638
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| Born: Sible Hedingham, Essex, , England 10th Sep 1864 | Baptised:
| | Died: at home, Dinard, , , France 8th Feb 1936 | Buried:
| | Family: Fowke formerly of Gunstan |
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