James Cooke-Collis

James Cooke-Collis
Born 1876
Died 1941 (aged 64 or 65)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch 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

Major-General Sir (William) James Norman Cooke-Collis KBE CB CMG DSO (1876–1941) was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District.

Military career

Cooke-Collis 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 retired in 1938.[2]

References

  1. ^ London Gazette: no. 27168. p. 1259. 23 February 1900. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ Graves, Charles. The Royal Ulster Rifles Volume III, Published by the Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Committee, 1950
Military offices
Preceded by
Eric Girdwood		 General Officer Commanding the British Army in Northern Ireland
1935–1938		 Succeeded by
Robert Pollock