Victor Augustine Flower was born in London, England on 21 November 1875 and was articled to his brother Arthur Smyth Flower (1860-1936) from 1893 to 1896. He also attended classes at the Architectural Association in London and studied at University College, London. He worked as an assistant to Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and Paul Waterhouse (1861-1924) from 1896 to 1898. He commenced independent practice as an architect in 1898. From 1900 he was employed as an assistant to the architects and engineers Swan & MacLaren in Singapore. By early 1902 he had returned to England. Later that year he left Liverpool for Boston, Massachusetts on an architectural study trip. In 1910 he was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA).
Much of Flower's work as an an architect was in the Singapore, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States [now Malaysia] and Slam [now Thailand].
Following the outbreak of World War One in 1914 he joined the Artists Rifles and served in France He was killed in action on 15 August 1917 near the village of Hooge, just west of Ypres, during the Third Battle of Ypres.
Many banks, business premises, houses, &c, in Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Slam, &c. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London: Continuum, 2001