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John Cowans

He returned to the United Kingdom in 1910 to be Director-General of the Territorial Forces and then became Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1912; in this capacity he was responsible for finding acccommodation and supplies for more than a million newly enlisted servicemen at the start of World War I and worked closely with the Women's Legion and the YMCA to achieve this.



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