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#9621, Charles Edward Gowran SHEARMAN
| Born | 1889 in Argentina, South America |
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| Died | 1968 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire |
| Father | Ernest Charles SHEARMAN (1859 - 1939) |
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| Mother | Marian Catherine McGOWRAN (1860 - 1953) |
Educated at Westminster School, London; 2nd Lt, Bedfordshire Regt, 1909; Lt, 1911; Capt, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, 1914; served in France and Belgium, 1914-1918; General Staff Officer Grade 3, France, 1917; Bde Maj, France, 1917-1918; Staff Capt, Irish Command, 1920-1921; Bde Maj, Irish Command, 1921-1922; General Staff Officer Grade 3, Eastern Command, 1922-1924; attended Staff College, Camberley, 1926; General Staff Officer Grade 3, later Grade 2, RAF Co-operation, Aldershot, 1928-1930; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Western Command, 1930-1932; commanded 1 Bn, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, 1933-1937; Assistant Quartermaster General, Northern Command, 1937-1939; served in World War Two; served in Kenya, 1940-1942; retired pay, 1945.
Above presented to Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, London, by the family in 1996 and their copyright is acknowledged.
Timeline
Born
Married Evelyn Winifred WHITE in Christ Church, Mayfair, London
Birth of Daughter, Jeane SHEARMAN
Birth of Son, John Kinder Gowran SHEARMAN
Death of Father, Ernest Charles SHEARMAN
Death of Mother, Marian Catherine McGOWRAN
Died 1968