Английская Википедия:Francis Plowden (British Army officer)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Major-General Francis Hugh Plowden Шаблон:Post-nominals (15 August 1851 – 24 August 1911) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Plowden was commissioned into the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot on 5 October 1872.[1] He commanded 2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in skirmishes with Pathans on the North West Frontier of India in 1897[2] for which he was mentioned in dispatches.[3] During the Second Boer War (1899–1902) he held several temporary appointments in India while the actual holder was with the forces in South Africa. He was an Assistant Adjutant-General in Mhow from March 1900,[4] and held the command of the second class district of Belgaum, Madras Command, from August 1900 (in the absence of Colonel Sir Reginald Hart and then of Hector MacDonald).[5]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1904 Birthday Honours.[6] He then became General Officer Commanding the Northumbrian Division in March 1910[7] before his death in August 1911 aged 60.[8]

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