Charles Corkran
Sir Charles Corkran | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 August 1872 |
| Died | 9 January 1939 (aged 66) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1893–1932 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Commands | London District Royal Military College Sandhurst 3rd Guards Brigade Grenadier Guards |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Major General Sir Charles Edward Corkran, KCVO, CB, CMG (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.
Early life
[edit]Corkran was born on 20 August 1872. He was the son of Colonel Charles Seymour Corkran.[1] and educated at Eton College,[2] Among his siblings were Sir Victor Corkran and Violet Maud Corkran (wife of Sir Walter Farquhar, 5th Baronet).[3]
Military career
[edit]Upon graduating from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Corkran was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in March 1893.[4][5] He was promoted to lieutenant on 12 May 1897,[6] and served on the Nile Expedition in 1898, including at the Battle of Omdurman. He was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment on 22 October 1899,[7] was promoted to captain on 30 November 1899,[8] and left with his regiment for South Africa to serve in the Second Boer War in March 1900.[4] Serving there throughout the war, he was wounded in the action at Biddulphsberg (May 1900), and was mentioned in despatches. For his service in the war, he received a brevet promotion as major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902.[9] Following the end of hostilities in June 1902, Corkran resigned as adjutant of the 2nd battalion on 16 September 1902,[10][11] but stayed in South Africa as he was the following day appointed Aide-de-camp to Sir Neville Lyttelton, Commander-in-Chief of South Africa.[12][13][14]
Corkran 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.[2] After the war he became commanding officer of the Grenadier Guards Regiment and then went on to be commandant of the Senior Officers' School.[4] He was appointed commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in October 1923[15] and then became Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District in 1928.[4] He retired in 1932.[4]
In retirement Corkran became Serjeant at Arms of the British House of Lords.[2]
Personal life
[edit]In 1904 Corkran married Winifred Maud Ricardo, daughter of Colonel Horace Ricardo, another commanding officer of the Grenadier Guards. They had one daughter and two sons.[1]
Corkran died in a shooting accident on 9 January 1939.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Peerage.com
- ^ a b c d The late Major-General Sir Charles Corkran Hansard, 7 February 1939
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "No. 26382". The London Gazette. 14 March 1893. p. 1616.
- ^ "No. 26854". The London Gazette. 18 May 1897. p. 2754.
- ^ "No. 27163". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 February 1900. p. 910.
- ^ "No. 27157". The London Gazette. 26 January 1900. p. 515.
- ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. pp. 4191–4194.
- ^ "No. 27491". The London Gazette. 4 November 1902. p. 7013.
- ^ "No. 27502". The London Gazette. 9 December 1902. p. 8511.
- ^ "The Army in South Africa". The Times. No. 36883. London. 26 September 1902. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 27505". The London Gazette. 19 December 1902. p. 8758.
- ^ "No. 27496". The London Gazette. 18 November 1902. p. 7340.
- ^ "No. 32872". The London Gazette. 19 October 1923. p. 7039.
- 1872 births
- 1939 deaths
- British Army major generals
- People educated at Eton College
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Grenadier Guards officers
- Commandants of Sandhurst
- British Army personnel of the Mahdist War
- British Army generals of World War I
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- Serjeants-at-arms of the House of Lords
- Firearm accident victims
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst