Rowland Mainwaring Explained

Rowland Mainwaring
Birth Date:11 September 1850
Birth Place:Whitmore, Staffordshire, England
Death Date:22 November 1926 (aged 76)
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Rank:Major-General
Branch:British Army
Commands:2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
23rd Regimental District
68th (2nd Welsh) Division
Battles:Third Anglo-Ashanti War
Third Anglo-Burmese War
Bhanio Mogoumg expedition
Hazara expedition
Second Boer War
First World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Major-General Rowland Broughton Mainwaring (11 September 1850 – 22 November 1926) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Marlborough College, Mainwaring was commissioned into the 23rd Regiment of Foot on 30 January 1878. He saw action in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873, the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885 and the Bhanio Mogoumg expedition in 1886 as well as the Hazara expedition in 1891.[1] He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, which he commanded in Crete, for which service he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, and then took part in the Second Boer War in 1899.[1] He went on to serve as commander of the 23rd Regimental District from 1900 to 1906 and as General Officer Commanding 68th (2nd Welsh) Division from January 1915 to November 1915.[1]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Who Was Who 1916-28, A & C Black Publishers, (1967)