Major General Sir Charles Edward Corkran, KCVO, CB, CMG (20 August 1872 – 9 January 1939) was a senior British Army officer who served as Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District from 1928 to 1932.
[3] Upon graduating from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Corkran was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in March 1893.
For his service in the war, he received a brevet promotion as major in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902.
[9] Following the end of hostilities in June 1902, Corkran resigned as adjutant of the 2nd battalion on 16 September 1902,[10][11] but stayed in South Africa as he was the following day appointed Aide-de-camp to Sir Neville Lyttelton, Commander-in-Chief of South Africa.
[12][13][14] Corkran also served in the First World War and, as commanding officer of a battalion of the Grenadier Guards, took his men to France in 1914.