Major-General Francis John Fowler CB DSO (31 July 1864 – 5 June 1939) was a British officer who served in the Indian Army from 1885 to 1921.

[4] In November 1885 he transferred as a lieutenant to the Bombay Staff Corps but dating back to August 1883, when he was initially commissioned,[5] and joined the 1st Baluch Battalion of Light Infantry based at Quetta.

According to the St. James Gazette, Fowler along with Corporal Scott, Assistant Superintendent of the Shan States, and six men of the Rifle Brigade broke away from the main body of British troops commanded by Colonel G. Sartorius and mounted a horseback charge on Twek-nga-lu's palace in the town of Mone.

They surprised the town's 400 strong garrison and, after overcoming Twek's 20 man personal bodyguard, tied him to his bedpost and accepted his surrender.

[4] After the outbreak of the First World War he succeeded Major-General George Younghusband as commander of the Derajat Brigade and was made temporary brigadier-general.