Major-General Sir (William) James Norman Cooke-Collis, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (7 May 1876 – 14 April 1941) was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District.

[1] He served with Mounted infantry in the Second Boer War from 1900 to 1902, and was wounded in the attack on Dewetsdorp in November 1900.

For his service in the war, he was mentioned in despatches and received the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps.

[2] Following the end of the war in June 1902, he left South Africa on the SS Kinfauns Castle in October 1902.

[5] He was responsible for ensuring that the Royal Ulster Rifles had its depot in Ballymena, its own recruiting ground, rather than in Belfast.