Edward Chester Plow

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Edward Chester Plow, C.B.E., D.S.O., C.D. (September 28, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was a Canadian soldier and Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.

Born in St. Albans, Vermont, he was educated at Lower Canada College and then entered the Royal Military College of Canada in 1921. 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. 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.

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• "Edward Chester Plow Career army officer held vice-regal post", The Globe and Mail, April 27, 1988.
• MGen EC Plow CBE, DSO, CD. The Virtual Artillery Museum of Canada.