Robert Montgomery (British Army officer)

Major-General Robert Arthur Montgomery, CB, CVO (7 September 1848 – 1931) was a British Army officer who commanded Southern District.

Robert Montgomery
Born7 September 1848
Died1931
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1868–1915
RankMajor-General
Commands heldSouthern District
South Coast Defences
Transvaal District
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Military career

Montgomery was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1868.[1] He was Deputy Director-General of the Ordnance from 1897,[2] and was appointed Commander Royal Artillery for Southern District, based in Portsmouth, in November 1902,[3] with the rank of major-general.[4] A year later, he became General Officer Commanding Southern District, also based in Portsmouth.[5] 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.[5]

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.[5]

He came from Greyabbey, Ireland[6] 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 (CB) in the June 1902 Coronation Honours list.[7]

References
  1. "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. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36914). London. 1 November 1902. p. 9.
  4. "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.
  5. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. "The House". Grey Abbey House. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  7. "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. p. 4190.
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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