Major-General Arthur Alec Goschen was a British Army officer who served as an Area Commander during the Second World War.
10 Facts About Arthur Goschen
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On 25 June 1899, Arthur Goschen was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Artillery.
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Arthur Goschen saw active service in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1901, was promoted to lieutenant on 16 February 1901 and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in September 1901.
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Arthur Goschen later served in the First World War as a brigade major for the Home Forces and in France, and was awarded bars to the Distinguished Service Order on 26 September 1917 and 26 July 1918.
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Arthur Goschen had been promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel in January 1917.
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Arthur Goschen graduated from the Staff College, Camberley in 1920.
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Arthur Goschen was promoted to colonel in June 1925, with seniority dating back to January 1922.
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Arthur Goschen retired in 1938 but was recalled as an Area Commander for the Chatham Area in 1939 at the start of the Second World War, before retiring again in 1941.
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In 1908 Arthur Goschen married Marjorie Mary Blacker; they had two sons and three daughters.
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Ernest Morrison-Bell; and Captain John Arthur Goschen, who was killed in action in the Siege of Tobruk.