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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Lieutenant General Sir Richard George Collingwood KBE CB DSO (7 October 1903 – 21 April 1986) was a British Army General during the 1950s.

Military career

Educated at West Downs School,[1] Collingwood was commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1923.[2]

He served during the Second World War, in the Middle East and Burma and was Commander of 23rd Infantry Brigade in Burma in 1945.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division and Lowland District between 1952 and 1955.[2] He then became Commander Singapore District from 1957.[2] In 1958 he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle; he retired in 1961.[2]

George Collingwood's papers have been archived at Lilburn Tower,[3] his family home in Northumberland.[2]

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