Robert Montgomery | |
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Born | 7 September 1848 |
Died | 1931 (aged 82–83) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1868–1915 |
Rank | Major-General |
Unit | Royal Artillery |
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.
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 the 22nd Division of Lord Kitchener's Army at Seaford[1] and then as Director of Recruiting in the autumn of 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]