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Sir Colin Callander
Born(1897-03-13)13 March 1897
Ilminster, Somerset, England
Died31 May 1979(1979-05-31) (aged 82)[1]
Cranbrook, Kent, England[2]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1915–1957
RankLieutenant-General
Service number10503
UnitRoyal Munster Fusiliers
Leicestershire Regiment
Commands held2nd Division (1949–51)
4th Infantry Division (1945–46)
76th Infantry Division (1943–44)
54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division (1943)
159th Infantry Brigade (1941–42)
1/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (c. 1940)
Battles/warsFirst World War
North West Frontier
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches[3]

Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Bishop Callander, KCB, KBE, MC (13 March 1897 – 31 May 1979) was a senior British Army officer who served as Military Secretary from 1954 to 1957.

  1. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
  2. ^ "Obituary". The Times. 2 June 1979. p. 12.
  3. ^ Smart 2005, p. 54.

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