Major-General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Sir Michael Graham Egerton Bowman-Manifold, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (9 June 1871 – 13 March 1940) was a

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

officer. A Royal Engineer, he held key appointments as signals officer during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. He was Colonel Commandant,

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...

from 1938 until his death.

References

* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-213539

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowman-Manifold, Graham Egerton 1871 births 1940 deaths British Army generals of World War I British Army major generals Royal Engineers officers Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Distinguished Service Order British Army personnel of the Second Boer War