Francis Plowden (British Army officer)


Francis Hugh Plowden was a British Army officer.

Military career

Plowden was commissioned into the 43rd Regiment of Foot on 5 October 1872. He commanded 2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in skirmishes with Pathans on the North West Frontier of India in 1897 for which he was mentioned in dispatches. He went on to be an Assistant Adjutant-General in India on 2 March 1901 and then a second class district commander in India in November 1902 for which service he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1904 Birthday Honours. He then became General Officer Commanding the Northumbrian Division in March 1910 before his death in August 1911.