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Robert Collins (British Army officer)

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With the war now over, he became an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1919 before taking up a post as Director of Military Training in
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which had been heavily bombed during the War. He was also author of
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Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War
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Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour
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of the Staff College, Camberley before retiring again in 1941.
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during the last year of the war. He was appointed Commander of
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Index

Winchester
Hampshire
England
United Kingdom
British Army
Major General
Service number
Royal Berkshire Regiment
73rd Brigade
9th Infantry Brigade
7th Infantry Brigade
61st Infantry Division
Staff College, Camberley
Second Boer War
World War I
World War II
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in despatches
Major-General
CMG
DSO
British Army
Commandant
Staff College, Camberley
Marlborough College
Militia
Second Boer War
commissioned
Royal Berkshire Regiment

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