Edward Chester Plow

Edward Chester Plow

Infobox Military Person
name= Edward Chester Plow


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rank= Major General
branch=Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
commands= 1st Canadian Corps
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family=
nickname=
allegiance=Canada
born=(September 28 1904
died=April 25 1988)
placeofbirth= St. Albans, Vermont,
placeofdeath=
placeofburial=
serviceyears=
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laterwork=Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.
awards=C.B.E., D.S.O., C.D.

Edward Chester Plow, C.B.E., D.S.O., C.D. (September 28 1904 – April 25 1988) was a Canadian soldier and Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.

Education

Born in St. Albans, Vermont, he was educated at Lower Canada College and then entered the Royal Military College of Canada in 1921, student # 1649.

Career

He was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in 1925. He served in Canada and England before World War II began. During World War II, he commanded the artillery of the 1st Canadian Corps. In 1944, he was promoted to Brigadier, Royal Artillery. After the war, he was promoted to Major-General and became the commander of the Eastern Command in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1958, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and served until 1963.

He died of lung cancer in a Brockville, Ontario in 1988.

References

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*4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
*H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
*H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
*H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968
*H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. Royal Military College. [Kingston] . The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984

s-ttl|title=Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
years=1958–1963


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