Major General Sir Eric Stanley Girdwood, KBE, CB, CMG (14 October 1876 – 24 May 1963) was a British military officer who served as General Officer Commanding the Northern Ireland District from 1931 to 1935.

Educated at the Belfast Royal Academy,[1] Girdwood was commissioned into the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment in March 1896.

[3] He fought with his regiment at Gallipoli, becoming commander of the 156th (Scottish Rifles) Brigade in Egypt and Palestine in July 1916,[3] when he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general.

[7] He was made general officer commanding (GOC) of the 74th (Yeomanry) Division in Palestine and France later that year.

[3] He was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1927 and GOC Northern Ireland District in 1931; he retired in 1935.