Edward Chester Plow, CBE, DSO, CD (September 28, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was a Canadian soldier and Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

The residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in Halifax.

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.

[edit] References

• "Edward Chester Plow Career army officer held vice-regal post". The Globe and Mail. 1988-04-27. 
• "MGen EC Plow CBE, DSO, CD". The Virtual Artillery Museum of Canada. http://gunner.ca/English/Great%20Gunners/plow.htm. 
• 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

v • d • e Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia Post-Confederation (1867-present) Doyle • Howe • Archibald • Richey • McLelan • Daly • Jones • D. Fraser • McGregor • MacKeen • Grant • Douglas • Tory • Stanfield • Covert • Irwin • Mathers • Kendall • McCurdy • A. Fraser • Plow • MacKeen • Oland • Gosse • Shaffner • Abraham • Crouse • Kinley • Freeman • Francis Governors before Confederation (1710-1867) Vetch • Nicholson • Caulfeild • Philipps (lg and acting gov: Doucett • Armstrong • Cosby • Mascarene) • Cornwallis • Hopson • Lawrence • Belcher • Wilmot • Campbell (acting: Green) • Francklin • Legge • (l-g and acting gov: Arbuthnot • Hughes • Hamond) • Parr • Fanning • Bulkeley • Wentworth • Prevost • Croke • Sherbrooke • Smyth • Dalhousie • Kempt • Jeffrey • Maitland • Colin Campbell • Falkland • Dickson • Harvey • Bazalgette • LeMarchant • Phipps • Doyle • MacDonnell • Williams

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