Major General Dorman O'Gowan. Military Papers, 1940-1967

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Content Summary:: Eric Dorman O'Gowan (1895-1969), eldest son of Major E.P. Dorman-Smith, was educated at Sandhurst and commissioned into Northumberland Fusiliers in February 1914. He served with 1st BEF and in Italy during WW1 and became an instructor after the War, in 1940-1941 he was Commandant, Middle East Staff College. In 1942 he was attached to G.H.Q. Middle East, becoming Chief of Staff to Auchinleck 25 June - 6 August 1942. He was removed from the Middle East by Winston Churchill in August 1942. In 1954 he challenged statements made by Churchill on the war in the Middle East.

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