About Geoffrey Collin
Lived 1921 – 2009 (aged 87). Geoffrey Collin was a military leader.
Major-General Geoffrey de Egglesfield Collin (18 July 1921 – 14 February 2009) was a British Army officer.
Military career Educated at Wellington College, Collin was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in July 1941 and saw action at the Battle of Imphal in July 1944 during the Second World War. He became commanding officer of 50 Missile Regiment in the British Army of the Rhine in 1962.
In 1949, he married Angela Stella Young; they had one son and three daughters.
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British Army general
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Geoffrey Collin was born on 18 July 1921 in Kandy.
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Geoffrey Collin died on 14 February 2009.
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Geoffrey Collin was a military leader.
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