Frank George Mathias Rowley

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]

Brigadier-General

F. M. G. Rowley

CB, CMG, DSO
Born(1866-01-04)4 January 1866
Died28 July 1949(1949-07-28) (aged 83)
AllegianceBritish Ceylon
Service/branchCeylon Defence Force
Years of service1886–
RankBrigadier-General
Commands heldCommander of the Ceylon Defence Force

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

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.[4]

References
  1. Hughes, Patrick; Davies, Ian F (1964). Highgate School Register (6th ed.). p. 102.
  2. Hart′s Army list, 1902
  3. "No. 27508". The London Gazette. 23 December 1902. p. 8843.
  4. "Commandants". ceylondatabase.net. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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