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|birth_name=George Leslie Conroy Cooper
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|birth_place= [[London]], England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/02/13/general-sir-george-cooper-led-men-korea-deadly-mortar-fire/|title=General Sir George Cooper, who led his men in Korea under deadly mortar fire – obituary|first=Telegraph|last=Obituaries|date=13 February 2020|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
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|rank= [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
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|commands= [[South-Eastern District (British Army)|South East District]] (1979–81)<br/>[[South West District (British Army)|South West District]] (1974–75)<br/>[[19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom)|19th Airportable Brigade]] (1969–71)
|battles= [[Korean War]]
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir George Leslie Conroy Cooper''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|MC|DL}} (10 August 1925 – 6 January 2020) was a senior [[British Army]] officer who served as [[Adjutant-General to the Forces]] from 1981 to 1984.

==Military career==
Educated at [[Downside School]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], George Cooper was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Engineers]] in 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37297|supp=y|page=4936|date=9 October 1945}}</ref> He joined the [[Bengal Engineer Group|Bengal Sappers & Miners]].<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> He served in the [[Korean War]] and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for his service in that campaign.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40036|supp=y|page=6652|date=8 December 1953}}</ref>

Cooper became Commander Royal Engineers in the [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Infantry Division]] in 1966. He went on to become Commander, [[19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom)|19th Airportable Brigade]] in 1969, [[General Officer Commanding]] [[South West District (British Army)|South West District]] in 1974 and Director of Army Staff Duties in 1976. After that he became [[General Officer Commanding]] [[South-Eastern District (British Army)|South East District]] in 1979.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48511|supp=y|page=1564|date=3 February 1981}}</ref> He became [[Adjutant-General to the Forces|Adjutant General]] in 1981,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48574|supp=y|page=5046|date=7 April 1981}}</ref> before retiring in 1984.<ref name=debrett/>

Cooper was appointed [[Aide-de-Camp General|ADC General]] to [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] in 1982,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=49069|supp=y|page=10134|date=3 August 1982}}</ref> retaining that status until 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=49754|page=7748|date=5 June 1984}}</ref> He was also appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in 1979,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47869|supp=y|page=2|date=16 June 1979}}</ref> and a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] in 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=49583|supp=y|page=2|date=31 December 1983}}</ref>

==Later life and death==
In retirement, Cooper became a member of the Board of Management of [[General Electric Company plc|GEC UK]].<ref name=debrett/> He also became a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Essex]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52244|page=13319|date=15 August 1990}}</ref> and released the book ''Fight, Dig and Live'' about the part the Royal Engineers played in the Korean War.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fight, Dig and Live: The Story of the Royal Engineers in the Korean War|first=General Sir George|last=Cooper|publisher=Pen and Sword|year=2011|isbn=978-1848846845}}</ref>

He died in January 2020 at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/238596/cooper |title=Announcements |last= |first= |date= |website=The Telegraph |publisher= |access-date=9 January 2020 |quote=General Sir George Leslie Conroy, GCB, MC, DL. Died peacefully on 6th January 2020, aged 94.}}</ref>

==Family==
In 1957 Cooper married Cynthia Mary Hume and they had one son and one daughter.<ref name=debrett/>

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