Colin Shortis

Major General Colin Terry Shortis CB CBE (18 January 1934 – 8 January 2017) was a senior British Army officer.

Colin Terry Shortis
Born	18 January 1934
Died	8 January 2017 (aged 82) Spain
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1951-1989
Rank	Major General
Unit	Royal Fusiliers Dorset Regiment
Commands held	1st Battalion Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 8th Infantry Brigade North West District
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Biography

Born on 18 January 1934, Colin Shortis was educated at Bedford School.[1] He enlisted in the British Army in 1951 and received his first commission in the Royal Fusiliers in 1953.[1] He transferred to the Dorset Regiment in 1953, and served in Hong Kong, the Suez Canal Zone, with the British Army of the Rhine, in Aden, Singapore and British Guiana, between 1953 and 1963.[1] He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 1974.[1] He went on to be Commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade in 1978, Commander of the British Military Advisory and Training Team in Zimbabwe in 1982 and Director of Infantry in 1983.[1] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding, North West District in 1986 before retiring 1989.[2]

Shortis was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980[3] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1988.[4]

He was given the colonelcy of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 1984, holding the position until 1990.[5]

He died on 8 January 2017 at the age of 82.[6]

References

1. "Colin Shortis". Who's Who. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
2. "British Soldier Is Ready for 21st Century: Light Rifle, Other New Weapons Part of $3-Billion Upgrading". Los Angeles Times.
3. "No. 48346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 October 1980. p. 14607.
4. "No. 51365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1988. p. 3.
5. "Devonshire and Dorset Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
6. "Shortis". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 January 2019.