Allegiance United Kingdom Battles/wars Second World War Name George Collingwood | Years of service 1923 - 1961 Role Philosopher Parents W. G. Collingwood | |
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Commands held 23rd Infantry Brigade52nd (Lowland) Infantry DivisionSingapore DistrictScottish Command Died January 9, 1943, Coniston, United Kingdom Education University of Oxford, University College, Oxford, Rugby School Books The idea of history, The principles of art, An essay on metaphysics, The idea of nature, An autobiography Similar People W G Collingwood, Benedetto Croce, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, William Herbert Dray, Michael Oakeshott |
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Lieutenant General Sir Richard George Collingwood KBE CB DSO (1903–1986) was a British Army General during the 1950s.
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- Carti destepte ideea de natura robin george collingwood
- English philosopher Robin George Collingwood 1889 1943 A video by Lalit Rao
- Military career
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English philosopher Robin George Collingwood (1889-1943) = A video by Lalit Rao.
Military career
Educated at West Downs School, Richard Collingwood was commissioned into the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1923.
He served during the Second World War, in the Middle East and Burma and was Commander of 23rd Infantry Brigade in Burma in 1945. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division and Lowland District between 1952 and 1955. He then became Commander Singapore District from 1957. In 1958 he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle; he retired in 1961.
George Collingwood's papers have been archived at Lilburn Tower, his family home in Northumberland.