F. G. M. Rowley

Brigadier-General

F. G. M. Rowley

CB CMG DSO
Born(1866-01-04)4 January 1866
Died28 July 1949(1949-07-28) (aged 83)
AllegianceBritish Ceylon
Branch
Ceylon Defence Force
Service years
1886–1927
Rank
Brigadier-General
CommandsCommander of the Ceylon Defence Force

Brigadier-General Frank George Mathias Rowley, CB, CMG, DSO (4 January 1866 – 28 July 1949) was a British Army officer and the 5th commander of the Ceylon Defence Force from 1920 to 1927.[1]

Rowley was educated at Highgate School.[1] He was commissioned into the British Army as a lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 30 January 1886,[2] and promoted to captain on 21 February 1895. In 1901 he was commandant of the Poonamallee depot serving the Madras Army.[3] The following year he was in October 1902 seconded for staff service,[4] and appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general in Rangoon.[5][6]

He served in World War I, where he was promoted on 1 September 1914 to lieutenant colonel[7] and commanded the 56th Infantry Brigade, being promoted in June 1916 to the temporary rank of brigadier general in place of Casimir Cartwright van Straubenzee.[8] His substantive rank was upgraded to colonel in September 1918.[9]

He retired from the army in August 1919 and was granted the honorary rank of brigadier general.[10]

He was appointed commander of the Ceylon Defence Forces on 22 July 1920, and served until 8 February 1927. He was succeeded by Albion Earnest Andrews.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Hughes, Patrick; Davies, Ian F (1964). Highgate School Register (6th ed.). p. 102.
  2. ↑ "No. 25554". The London Gazette. 29 January 1886. p. 442.
  3. ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1902
  4. ↑ "No. 27508". The London Gazette. 23 December 1902. p. 8843.
  5. ↑ "No. 27516". The London Gazette. 16 January 1903. p. 314.
  6. ↑ Hart′s army list, 1904
  7. ↑ "No. 28890". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 September 1914. p. 6980.
  8. ↑ "No. 29667". The London Gazette. 14 July 1916. p. 6985.
  9. ↑ "No. 30937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 October 1918. p. 11789.
  10. ↑ "No. 31681". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 December 1919. p. 15406.
  11. ↑ "Commandants". ceylondatabase.net. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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