Edward Colville
{{Short description|British Army general (1905–1982)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = Major-General
| name = Edward Colville
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|DSO1|DL}}
| birth_date = 1 September 1905
| birth_place = St George Hanover Square, London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1982|1|10|1905|9|1}}
| death_place = Stoughton, West Sussex, England
| spouse = {{marriage|Barbara Joan Denny|1934}}
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| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears = 1925–1959
| servicenumber = 33658
| rank = Major general
| current position =
| commands = 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
227th Infantry Brigade
128th Infantry Brigade
{{nowrap|51st (Highland) Infantry Division}}
| unit = Gordon Highlanders
| battles = {{tree list}}
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| awards = {{nowrap|Companion of the Order of the Bath}}
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Mentioned in dispatches
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Major-General Edward Charles Colville {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|DSO1|DL}} (1 September 1905 – 10 January 1982) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
Born the son of Admiral Sir Stanley Colville and Adelaide Jane Meade, Colville was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders on 3 September 1925.{{London Gazette |issue=33081|date=4 September 1925|page=5837}} He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders in August 1943 and commander of 227th Infantry Brigade in North West Europe in July 1944 during the Second World War.{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_C02.html|title=Colville, Edward Charles|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=21 June 2020}} He commanded the brigade during Operation Plunder, the crossing of the Rhine, opposite Xanten in March 1945.{{sfn|Saunders|2006|p=143−161}}
After the war he became Defence adviser in Canada in December 1946, commander of the 128th Infantry Brigade in November 1949 and Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at British Army of the Rhine in June 1952.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|access-date=20 June 2020}} He went on to be Chief of Staff at Headquarters Far East Land Forces in June 1954 and General Officer Commanding 51st (Highland) Division in March 1956 before retiring in March 1959.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|access-date=20 June 2020}}
In retirement he served as a deputy lieutenant of West Sussex.
Family
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last=Saunders | first=Tim | title=Operation Plunder : the British & Canadian Operations | publisher=Pen & Sword Military | publication-place=Havertown | date=2006 | isbn=978-1-78346-079-3 | oclc=854974757}}
External links
- [https://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_C02.html#Colville_EC British Army Officers 1939–1945]
- [https://generals.dk/general/Colville/Edward_Charles/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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{{s-bef|before=James Scott-Elliot}}
{{s-ttl|title=GOC 51st (Highland) Infantry Division|years=1956–1959}}
{{s-aft|after=Frederick Graham}}
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Category:British Army brigadiers of World War II
Category:British Army major generals
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Deputy lieutenants of West Sussex
Category:English justices of the peace
Category:Gordon Highlanders officers
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Category:Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley