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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Charles Edward Edward-Collins''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|CIE}} (28 May 1881 – 21 November 1967) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer.<ref>''[[Who Was Who]]''</ref>

==Early life and marriage==
Edward-Collins was born in [[Bodmin]], Cornwall, the son of Edward Charles Edward-Collins, a local landowner, and his wife, Eleanor Mary (née Alms). His younger brother was [[Frederick Edward-Collins]], who became an admiral in the [[Royal Navy]]. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].

In 1907, Edward-Collins married Nora Mabel de la Cour Corbett. They had two sons and three daughters. She died in 1952.

==Career==
Edward-Collins was commissioned a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[North Staffordshire Regiment]] in late February 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27167 |date=20 February 1900|page=1174}}</ref> but the appointment was cancelled,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27170 |page=1435| date=2 March 1900}}</ref> and he was instead appointed to the [[Devonshire Regiment]] early the following month.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27170 |date=2 March 1900|page=1434}}</ref> He served in the [[Second Boer War]] from 1900 to 1902 and was promoted to lieutenant in November 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27427 |date=22 April 1902|page=2691}}</ref> In January 1907, he was seconded to the Indian Army's Supply and Transport Corps (later the [[Indian Army Service Corps]]),<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27987 |date=18 January 1907|page=396}}</ref> and transferred permanently in October 1909.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28338 |date=11 February 1910|page=1046}}</ref> He served in the [[Abor Expedition]] (against the residents of the [[Abor Hills]]) in 1911 to 1912, for which he was [[mentioned in despatches]] and promoted to [[brevet (military)|brevet]] major in June 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28638 |date=23 August 1912|page=6282}}</ref>

He was promoted substantive major in February 1915<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30011 |date=6 April 1917|page=3337|supp=y}}</ref> and served with the [[Bushire Field Force]] in [[Persia]] in 1918 to 1919, for which he was again mentioned in despatches and appointed [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in January 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31764 |date=30 January 1920|page=1379|supp=y}}</ref> In November 1923, he was appointed an assistant director of transport at the Headquarters, [[Army of India|Army in India]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33166 |date=28 May 1926|page=3463}}</ref> in which post he served until March 1926.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33166 |date=28 May 1926|page=3464}}</ref> He was promoted brevet [[lieutenant-colonel]] in June 1924.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32953 |date=4 July 1924|page=5164s}}</ref>

He then served as commandant of the Indian Army Service Corps Training Establishment until May 1930<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33639 |date=29 August 1930|page=5364}}</ref> and in May 1930 was promoted [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33638 |date=26 August 1930|page=5296}}</ref> He served as deputy director of transport at the Headquarters, Army in India until September 1933,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33992 |date=3 November 1933|page=7110}}</ref> when he was appointed deputy director of supplies and transport for the Army in India,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33992 |date=3 November 1933|page=7111}}</ref> serving in the post (with the temporary rank of [[brigadier]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33995 |date=14 November 1933|page=7372}}</ref>) until September 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34456 |date=19 November 1937|page=7268}}</ref> He was appointed [[Aide-de-Camp]] (ADC) to the King in September 1935,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34199 |date=17 September 1935|page=5862}}</ref> holding the position until September 1937,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34477 |date=28 January 1938|page=585}}</ref> and [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB) in the 1937 Coronation Honours of [[King George VI]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34396 |date=11 May 1937|page=3079|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted [[major-general]] in September 1937,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34443 |date=12 October 1937|page=6306}}</ref> retired from the Indian Army in September 1940<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35003 |date=29 November 1940|page=6813}}</ref> and returned to his ancestral home at Trewardale, near [[Blisland]]. He commanded the North Cornwall Group of the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] from 1942 to 1945 and served as [[High Sheriff of Cornwall]] in 1955.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=40417 |date=25 February 1955|page=1169}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Edward-Collins/Charles_Edward/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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[[Category:North Staffordshire Regiment officers]]
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[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Devonshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:High Sheriffs of Cornwall]]
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