Cobbe, Alexander Stanhope, Sir, 1870-1931, Knight, army officer in India

1889 commissioned in the South Wales Borderers; 1892 lieutenant, transferred to Indian Staff Corps; 1894 attached to 32nd Sikh pioneers; 1895 served in Chitral; 1898-1899 served in Nyasaland; 1900 captain, served in Asante kingdom with the West African regiment; 1902 served in Somaliland, VC; 1907 major, brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1911 aide-de-camp to the king, brevet colonel; 1914 served in France as general staff officer of the Lahore division; 1916 director of staff duties and military training, then commander of the Meerut 7th Indian division in Mesopotamia, major-general; 1916-1917 commander of the 3rd Indian corps at Kut al-Amara; 1917 knighthood; 1917-1918 served in Mesopotamia; 1919 KCSI; 1919-1920 and 1920-1926 military secretary at the India Office; 1922 colonel of the South Wales Borderers; 1924 general; 1926-1930 general officer commanding-in-chief, northern command, India; 1928 aide-de-camp general to the king, GCB

Epithet: army officer in India

Title: Knight