Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

Sir Richard George Collingwood

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CB DSO (7 October 1903 – 21 April 1986) was a

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General during the 1950s.

Military career

Educated at

West Downs School West Downs School, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, was an English independent preparatory school, which was established in 1897 and closed in 1988. History Founding The school was founded by Lionel Helbert (1870–1919), with help from hi ...

, Collingwood was commissioned into the

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 26th Cameronian Reg ...

in 1923. He served during the

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, in the

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and

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and was

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of 23rd Infantry Brigade in

in 1945. He went on to be

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52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was originally formed as the Lowland Division, in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It later became the 52nd (Lowland) Division in 1915. The 52nd (Lowlan ...

and Lowland District between 1952 and 1955. He then became

Singapore District from 1957. In 1958 he became

-in-Chief of

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and Governor of Edinburgh Castle; he retired in 1961. George Collingwood's papers have been archived at Lilburn Tower,Lilburn Tower
/ref> his family home in

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Generals of World War II
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