Cyril Colquhoun

Major-General Sir Cyril Harry Colquhoun, (1903 – 5 June 1996) was a British Army officer.

Military career Educated at Oswestry High School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Colquhoun was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 29 August 1923. He was deployed to France as Brigade Major, Royal Artillery, in the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division with the British Expeditionary Force in 1939 He went on to be commanding officer of 6th Field Regiment and led his regiment in the Normandy landings and the campaign in North West Europe. After that he become General Officer Commanding, Malta in November 1956 before retiring in December 1959.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1955 New Year Honours, appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1965 New Year Honours, and advanced to Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1968 Birthday Honours.