| Sir Charles Corkran | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 20, 1872 |
| Died | January 9, 1939 (aged 66) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1893 - 1932 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held |
Grenadier Guards Regiment RMC Sandhurst London District |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War World War I |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Major-General Sir Charles Edward Corkran KCVO CB CMG (20 August 1872 – 9 January 1939) was Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District.
Military career[]
Born the son of Colonel Charles Seymour Corkran[1] and educated at Eton College,[2] Corkram was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1893.[3] He served on the Nile Expedition in 1898 and in the Second Boer War.[3]
He also served in World War I and, as Commanding Officer of a Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, took his men to France in 1914.[2] After the War he became Commanding Officer of the Grenadier Guards Regiment and then went on to be Commandant of the Senior Officers' School.[3] He was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1923 and then became Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District in 1928.[3] He retired in 1932.[3]
In retirement he became Serjeant at Arms of the British House of Commons.[2] He died in a shooting accident.[2]
Family[]
In 1904 he married Winifred Maud Ricardo; they had one daughter and two sons.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Peerage.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The late Major-General Sir Charles Corkran Hansard, 7 February 1939
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
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