Charles Woollcombe

Sir Charles Woollcombe
Born	1857
Died	1934 (aged 76 or 77)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Second Boer War World War I
Commands held	Allahabad Brigade Garhwal Brigade Highland Division Eastern Command 2nd Army Central Force
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Lieutenant General Sir Charles Louis Woollcombe KCB KCMG (1857–1934) was a British Army General during World War I.

Military career

Woollcome was commissioned into the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1877.^[1] He took part in the Peshawar Valley expedition and the Khyber Line Force in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880 and in the Chin Lushai expedition in Burma between 1889 and 1890.^[1]

He was Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in Bengal from 1890 and then Brigade Major for the Chitral Relief Force in Buram in 1895.^[1] He then served on the North West Frontier in India becoming Assistant Adjutant General of the Mohmand Field Force in 1897.^[1] He then took part in the Tirah expedition from 1897 to 1898 and then became Assistant Adjutant General in India in 1899.^[1]

He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa and then became Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in India between 1901 and 1906.^[1]

He was Commander of the Allahabad Brigade in India from 1906 and of the Garhwal Brigade in India from 1907-1910.^[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Highland Division in 1911.^[1]

He served in World War I as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Eastern Command from 1914 to 1915 when he became GOC of the 2nd Army Central Force.^[1] Then in 1916 he became GOC IV Corps.^[2] Finally in 1918 he returned to his post as GOC-in-Chief at Eastern Command: he retired in 1920.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. ^ The long, long trail

Military offices
Preceded by Sir James Grierson	GOC-in-C Eastern Command 1914–1915	Succeeded by Sir Leslie Rundle
Preceded by Henry Rawlinson	GOC IV Corps 1916–1918	Succeeded by George Harper
Preceded by Sir William Robertson	GOC-in-C Eastern Command 1918–1919	Succeeded by Lord Horne

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Name	Woollcombe, Charles
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Date of birth	1857
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Date of death	1934
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