James Kilvington Cochrane

Brigadier General James Kilvington Cochrane CMG (1873-1948) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.

Biography
Born on 2 July 1873, James Kilvington Cochrane was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He received his first commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) in 1893, and served during the expedition against the Bida and Kontagora Emirate in 1901. He served during the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, commanding the 61st Brigade.

Brigadier General James Kilvington Cochrane was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1919. He retired from the British Army in 1920 and died in Bath, Somerset, on 29 December 1948, aged 75.