Robert Montgomery (British Army officer)

Robert Montgomery
Born 7 September 1848
Died 1931
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1868–1915
Rank Major-General
Commands held Southern District
South Coast Defences
Transvaal District
Battles/wars First World War
Awards Companion 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

Montgomery was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1868.[1] He became Deputy Director-General of the Ordnance in 1897,[2] Commander Royal Artillery for Southern District, based in Portsmouth, in November 1902 and General Officer Commanding Southern District, also based in Portsmouth, in November 1903.[3] 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.[3]

He served briefly in the First World War initially as a General Officer Commanding a division of Lord Kitchener's Army at Seaford[1] and then as Director of Recruiting in Autumn 1915.[3]

He came from Greyabbey in Northern Ireland[4] 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 in June 1902.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "New Director of Recruiting". North Wales Chronicle. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Bodley, John Edward Courtenay (1903). "The Coronation of Edward VII: A Chapter of European and Imperial History". p. 412. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "About Town". Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. p. 4190. 26 June 1902. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Baker Russell		 GOC Southern District
1903–1904 		Succeeded by
Sir Evelyn Wood
(As GOC-in-C Southern Command)
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