Colin Callander

Sir Colin Callander
Born	13 March 1897 Ilminster, Somerset, England
Died	1979 (aged 82) Ashford, Kent, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1915–1957
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	4th Division 2nd Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross

Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Bishop Callander KCB KBE MC (13 March 1897 – 1979) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

Military career

Educated at Ilminster Grammar School,^[1] Callander was commissioned into the Royal Munster Fusiliers in 1915 during the First World War.^[2] He transferred to Leicestershire Regiment in 1922^[2] and went to the North West Frontier in India in 1938.^[2] He served during the Second World War. During this time, he commanded the 76th Infantry Division, before being assigned General Officer Commanding 4th Division in Greece in December 1944.^[2] In 1945 he took the unconditional surrender at Knossos of German Forces serving in Crete under General Benthag.^[3]

He became General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in the British Army of the Rhine in 1949 and Director General of Military Training at the War Office in 1948.^[2] He was appointed Military Secretary in 1954 and retired in 1957.^[2]

References

1. "Ilminster Grammar School". Archived from the original on 26 July 2008.
2. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
3. Beevor, Antony (2005). Crete: The Battle and the Resistance. John Murray. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-7195-6831-2.