George Collingwood

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

Sir George Collingwood
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
Commands held23rd 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

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George Collingwood's papers have been archived at Lilburn Tower,[4] his family home in Northumberland.[3]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. "Collingwood, George". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. Lilburn Tower
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