James Cooke-Collis
James Cooke-Collis | |
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Born | 7 May 1876 Castle Cooke, Kilworth, Co. Cork, Ireland |
Died | 14 April 1941 (aged 64) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
Commands held | 11th Infantry Brigade 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division Northern Ireland District |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |
Relations | Lt.-Col. William Cooke-Collis |
Major-General Sir (William) James Norman Cooke-Collis KBE CB CMG DSO (7 May 1876 – 14 April 1941) was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District.
Military career
Cooke-Collis was born on 7 May 1876 in Castle Cooke, Kilworth, Co. Cork to Lt.-Col. William Cooke-Collis and Catherine Maria Cooke-Collis (née Oliphant) and was educated at Cheltenham College. He was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps transferring to the Royal Ulster Rifles in 1900.[1] He served in the Second Boer War as well as World War I.[2]
After the War he was appointed Military Governor at Batoum in Transcaucasia.[2] He became Commander of 11th Infantry Brigade in 1927 and Commander of 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division in 1934.[2] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District in 1935.[2] He was responsible for ensuring that the Royal Ulster Rifles had its depot in Ballymena, its own recruiting ground, rather than in Belfast.[3] He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire in 1937.[4] He retired in 1938[2] and died on 14 April 1941, aged 64.
Family
He married Cléonice Gamble, daughter of Major George Francis Gamble on 30 January 1906.[4][5]
References
- ^ "No. 27168". The London Gazette. 23 February 1900.
- ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Graves, Charles. The Royal Ulster Rifles Volume III, Published by the Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Committee, 1950
- ^ a b Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), page 260
- ^ The Peerage.com
- 1876 births
- 1941 deaths
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- King's Royal Rifle Corps officers
- Royal Ulster Rifles officers
- British Army generals
- British Army personnel of World War I