Allegiance United Kingdom Education Eton College Years of service 1893 - 1932 Service/branch British Army | Name Charles Corkran Rank Major-general Died January 9, 1939 | |
Commands held Grenadier Guards
3rd Guards Brigade
RMC Sandhurst
London District Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I Awards Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Major General Sir Charles Edward Corkran, (20 August 1872 – 9 January 1939) was a senior British Army officer who served as Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District from 1928 to 1932.
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Military career
Born the son of Colonel Charles Seymour Corkran and educated at Eton College, Corkran was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in March 1893. He was promoted to lieutenant on 12 May 1897, and served on the Nile Expedition in 1898. He was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment on 22 October 1899, was promoted to captain on 30 November 1899, and left with his regiment for South Africa to serve in the Second Boer War in March 1900. Following the war, he received a brevet promotion as major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902.
He also served in the First World War and, as commanding officer of a battalion of the Grenadier Guards, took his men to France in 1914.
After the war he became commanding officer of the Grenadier Guards Regiment and then went on to be commandant of the Senior Officers' School. 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. He retired in 1932.
In retirement he became Serjeant at Arms of the British House of Lords. He died in a shooting accident.
Family
In 1904 he married Winifred Maud Ricardo; they had one daughter and two sons.