| 词条 | Arthur Dowler |
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| name = Sir Arthur Dowler | image =Sir-Arthur-Arnhold-Bullick-Dowler.jpg | image_size =175px | caption = | birth_date = 16 July 1895 | death_date = 14 November 1963 (aged 68) | placeofburial = | birth_place =New York City, New York, United States | death_place =Bletchingley, Surrey, England | nickname = | allegiance =United Kingdom | branch =British Army | serviceyears =1914–1954 | servicenumber =8634 | rank =Lieutenant-General | unit =East Surrey Regiment | commands =1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 2nd Infantry Brigade 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division East Africa Command | battles =World War I World War II | awards =Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | laterwork = }} Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur (Arnhold Bullick) Dowler KCB KBE DL (16 July 1895 – 14 November 1963) was a senior British Army officer who was General Officer Commanding (GOC) East Africa Command. Military careerEducated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] Dowler was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the East Surrey Regiment in 1914.[2] He served in the First World War with the 2nd Battalion, East Surreys in France and Belgium.[2] Attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1931−1932, alongside Brian Horrocks, Sidney Kirkman, Cameron Nicholson and Thomas Rees,[3] Dowler also saw active service in the Second World War, initially in 1939 as Commanding Officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment and then as a General Staff Officer (GSO) with the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division.[2] In 1940 he was promoted to Brigadier and served on the General Staff of V Corps and, promoted on 1 October 1940 to colonel,[4] subsequently commanded the 2nd Infantry Brigade.[2] He was involved in the Narvik expedition in 1940, part of the Norwegian Campaign.[1] In 1942 he was made General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division and then Major-General in charge of Administration of Southern Command.[2] He was put in charge of Administration for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) in 1944.[2] After the war he was appointed Chief of Staff of the British Army of the Rhine, before becoming Director of Infantry at the War Office in 1947.[2] He was GOC East Africa Command from 1948 to 1951 and subsequently Colonel of the East Surrey Regiment until his resignation in 1954.[2][5] In May 1958 he became Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey.[6] References1. ^1 Queen's Royal Surreys 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^Smart, p. 90 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=35021|date=20 December 1940|page=7203|supp=y}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=40221|page=3882|date=15 February 1954|supp=y }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ESR_Personal_D_F.pdf|title=The East Surrey Regiment, formerly the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment and 70th (Surrey) Regiment: personal papers of the members of the regiment, 1794-2007|publisher=Surrey County Council|accessdate=1 April 2018}} Bibliography
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