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 |
| Relations | Victor Corkran (brother) |
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, 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,[6] was promoted to captain on 30 November 1899,[7] 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.[8] Following the end of hostilities in June 1902, Corkran resigned as adjutant of the 2nd battalion on 16 September 1902,[9][10] 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.[11][12][13]
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.[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[14] 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 he became Serjeant at Arms of the British House of Lords.[2]
Personal life
[edit]In 1904 he married Winifred Maud Ricardo, daughter of Colonel Horace Ricardo, another commanding officer of the Grenadier Guards. They had one daughter and two sons.[1]
He 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. 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