Charles Loewen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General Sir Charles Falkland Loewen GCB, KBE, DSO (1900 - 1986) was a British Army commanding officer during the Second World War.
Loewen was born in Vancouver, Canada and joined the Royal Field Artillery in 1918, during the close of the First World War, as he was too young for active service with the Canadian Army.
In the Second World War he served in the Norwegian campaign, planning in the War Office and in the Italian campaign where he later served as GOC 1st Infantry Division. After the war he held a number of commands, including 6th Armoured Division, 1st Armoured Division, 50th Division and was Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces from 1953 to 1956. He was Adjutant-General to the Forces and Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen from 1956 to 1959, when he retired.
Loewen moved to be with his son, Charles Bernard Loewen, and retired at The Boyne River Mill near to Mansfield.
 |
This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, Nick Smart. ISBN 1-84415-049-6.
