Geoffrey Collin

Major-General Geoffrey de Egglesfield Collin CB MC DL (18 July 1921 – 14 February 2009) was a British Army officer.

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.

[1] He became commanding officer of 50 Missile Regiment in the British Army of the Rhine in 1962.

[1] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding North East District in 1973 before retiring in 1976.

[2] In 1949, he married Angela Stella Young; they had one son and three daughters.