Charles Loewen
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General Sir Charles Falkland Loewen, was a Canadian-born British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1956 to 1959.
Major General Loewen greeting King George VI in 1944
Wall of Honour, Royal Military College of Canada
The 50th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw distinguished service in the Second World War. Pre-war, the division was part of the Territorial Army and the two Ts in
Charles Loewen
…in 1946, which was later redesignated the 1st Armoured Division and which he led throughout the Palestine Emergency and, returning to England, the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and Northumbrian District in 1948. He was awarded the United States Legion of Merit in the degree of Commander on 14 May 1948. He was appointed General…
Motorcycle combinations of the 4th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers pass through a village, watched by the local inhabitants, France, 20 March 1940.
Men of the 7th Battalion, Green Howards among the sand dunes at Sandbanks, near Poole, Dorset, 31 July 1940.
King George VI watches troops taking part in manoeuvres during a visit to the 50th Division in Southern Command, 2 April 1941.
Men of the 7th Battalion, Green Howards, stage a re-enactment of the storming of Point 85 during the Gabes Gap battles, 11 April 1943.