Robert Townshend Anwyl-Passingham OBE DL JP (16 October 1867 – 10 June 1926) was Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police in Burma and Double Company Commander of the 72nd Punjabis.
[2] A prominent figure in Merionethshire, Anwyl-Passingham served as a JP, DL, and, in 1925, as High sheriff of that county.
[9] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst,[10] and changed his surname to Anwyl-Passingham by deed poll on 8 October 1888.
[11] Anwyl-Passingham was commissioned as a lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on 30 January 1886 and served with the Burmese Expedition between 1886 and 1889 (medal with clasps).
[18] During World War I, Anwyl-Passingham was assistant director of recruiting in Wrexham and later assistant director of national service for North Wales; for his wartime service he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1918 Birthday Honours.