George Collingwood

Sir George Collingwood
Collingwood in 1947
Born7 October 1903
Alnwick, Northumberland
Died21 April 1986 (aged 82)[1]
Alnwick, Northumberland
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1923 - 1961
RankLieutenant General
Service number27169
Commands23rd Infantry Brigade
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
Singapore District
Scottish Command
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant General Sir Richard George Collingwood KBE CB DSO (7 October 1903 – 21 April 1986) was a British Army General during the 1950s.

Military career

Educated at West Downs School,[2] Collingwood was commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1923.[3]

He served during the Second World War, in the Middle East and Burma and was Commander of 23rd Infantry Brigade in Burma in 1945.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division and Lowland District between 1952 and 1955.[3] He then became Commander Singapore District from 1957.[3] In 1958 he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle; he retired in 1961.[3]

George Collingwood's papers have been archived at Lilburn Tower,[4] his family home in Northumberland.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 24 April 1986. p. 1.
  2. ^ Old West Downs
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Collingwood, George". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ Lilburn Tower[permanent dead link‍]
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
1952–1955 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC-in-C Scottish Command
1958–1961 		Succeeded by