James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall
last 2 names hyphenated from 1927
born 27.5.1887 India
son of James and Agnes (nee Hunter) Cornwall
educated Rugby School
graduated Royal Military Academy,Woolwich
commissioned 23.7.1907 2Lt Royal Field Artillery
Intelligence Corps 1914
2 Corps HQ 1915 (Captain)
GHQ,BEF 1916 (T/Major)
Head of MI3,War Office 1918
Peace Conference,Paris 1919
Middle East and China 1920s
Military Attache,Berlin 1928-32
CRA 51st Highland Division 1932-34
Major General 1934
Head of British Military Mission to Egypt
Lt General 1938
GOC Air Defence of Great Britain 1938
GOC 3 Corps June - November 1940
GOC British Troops in Egypt April 1941
Military Mission to Turkey 1941
GOC Western Command November 1941 - 1942
SOE Liaison Officer with SIS 1942-43
retired 1943 (General)
awards KCB 1940 CBE 1936 DSO 1917 MC 1916 Officier de l'Ordre de la Couronne (Bel) 1918
Foreign Office 1948-51
President of the Royal Geographical Society 1954-58
married Marjorie Coralie Scott Owen April 1921 in Wales (3 children)
father of James Gerald Marshall-Cornwall,KIA 30.7.1944 France as Lt (255169) 4 Bn Grenadier Guards
died 1985
