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
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1923 - 1961
RankLieutenant General
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] Richard 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George Collingwood's papers have been archived at Lilburn Tower,[4] his family home in Northumberland.[3]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. The Times Digital Archive. 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
Military offices
Preceded by
George Inglis		 GOC 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
1952–1955		 Succeeded by
Rohan Delacombe
Preceded by
Sir Horatius Murray		 GOC-in-C Scottish Command
1958–1961		 Succeeded by
Sir William Turner
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