Robert Wanless O'Gowan


Robert Wanless O'Gowan

Born(1864-09-05)5 September 1864
Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland[1]
Died15 December 1947(1947-12-15) (aged 83)
Hindhead, Surrey, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1886–1920
RankMajor General
UnitCameronians (Scottish Rifles)
CommandsCannock Chase Reserve Centre (1918–20)
31st Division (1915–18)
13th Infantry Brigade (1915)
Battles / warsSecond Boer War

First World War

AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath[2]
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.

  1. ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/robert-wanless-o-gowan-24-13lsh9z
  2. ^ "No. 31685". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 December 1919. p. 15450.