Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch British Army Died 1939 | Role British Army officer Name John Fowler Rank Lieutenant-general | |
Commands held Commander of British Forces in China Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I Awards Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Lieutenant General Sir John Sharman Fowler, (1864–1939) was Commander of British Forces in China.
Military career
Fowler was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1886. He took part in the Izazai expedition in 1892, was promoted to captain on 24 September 1895, and went to Chitral in the North West Frontier of India in 1896. He also took part in the Tirah Expeditionary Force in the North West Frontier of India in 1897.
He served in the Second Boer War as a member of the South Africa Field Force, and was mentioned in despatches (dated 8 April 1902). Following the end of the war, he received a brevet promotion to major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and was stationed with the 1st Division Telegraph Battalion, at Aldershot. He also served in World War I as Director of Army Signals for the British Expeditionary Force. In 1921 he was appointed General Officer Commanding the Straits Settlements and the following year he was appointed Commander of British Forces in China. He retired in 1925.
He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Corps of Signals from 1923 to 1934.
Fowler married Magda Broock in Ireland in 1903.