Robert Cotton Money
| Robert Cotton Money | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | "Robin" |
| Born | 21 July 1888 |
| Died | 16 April 1985 (aged 96) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1909–44 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held | Baluchistan District (1942–44) South Wales District (1941–42) Northhumberland County Division (1941) 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division (1940–41) 136th Infantry Brigade (1940) Lucknow Infantry Brigade (1936–39) 1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1931–34) |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
| Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches |
Major General Robert Cotton Money, CB, MC (21 July 1888 – 16 April 1985) was a senior British Army officer, who commanded the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division during the early part of the Second World War.
Money was born in 1888, the only child of Robert Cotton Money, an officer in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was educated at Wellington College before entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He passed out of Sandhurst as a second lieutenant and joined the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), British Army, in 1909.
At the outbreak of the First World War he was posted to the 1st Battalion, which was sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) as rear-area security troops. Money, an amateur photographer, took a number of photographs of the battalion as it deployed and saw combat in 1914 and early 1915, including images of the retreat from Mons, the Battle of Le Cateau, the action at Néry, and the First Battle of the Marne. He later served in India, and remained in the British Army after the armistice of 11 November 1918, rising to command the 1st Battalion from 1931 to 1934.
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