Education
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Corbett was born near Shrewsbury on 12 September 1909 and educated at Wellington and the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1929. He was awarded the Defence Science Organisation for his actions during the capture and defence of the Orne Bridgehead in August 1944.
After representing Ludlow in Parliament from 1945-1951 he went into the poultry industry, co-founding the West Midlands Broiler Hatchery and, in 1960, Sun Valley Poultry.
He was president of the British Poultry Federation from 1979-1984, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1984 for services to the industry.
38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament.
He was Conservative Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Ludlow from 1945 to 1951.