Colin Shortis

Major General Colin Terry Shortis CB CBE (18 January 1934 – 8 January 2017) was a senior British Army officer.

Colin Terry Shortis
Born18 January 1934
Died8 January 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 82)
Spain
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1951-1989
RankMajor General
UnitRoyal Fusiliers
Dorset Regiment
Commands held1st Battalion Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
8th Infantry Brigade
North West District
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Biography

Born on 18 January 1934, Colin Shortis was educated at Bedford School.[1] He enlisted in the British Army in 1951 and received his first commission in the Royal Fusiliers in 1953.[1] He transferred to the Dorset Regiment in 1953, and served in Hong Kong, the Suez Canal Zone, with the British Army of the Rhine, in Aden, Singapore and British Guiana, between 1953 and 1963.[1] He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 1974.[1] He went on to be Commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in 1978, Commander of the British Military Advisory and Training Team in Zimbabwe in 1982 and Director of Infantry in 1983.[1] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding, North West District in 1986 before retiring 1989.[2]

Shortis was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980[3] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1988.[4]

He was given the colonelcy of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 1984, holding the position until 1990.[5]

He died on 8 January 2017 at the age of 82.[6]

References
  1. "Colin Shortis". Who's Who. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. "British Soldier Is Ready for 21st Century: Light Rifle, Other New Weapons Part of $3-Billion Upgrading". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "No. 48346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 October 1980. p. 14607.
  4. "No. 51365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1988. p. 3.
  5. "Devonshire and Dorset Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Shortis". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
Military offices
Preceded by
Philip Davies		 General Officer Commanding North West District
1986–1989		 Succeeded by
Tony Crowfoot
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.