Background
Collingwood Dickson was a son of Major General Sir Alexander Dickson, a Royal Artillery officer He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and followed his father into the Royal Artillery in 1835.
Collingwood Dickson was a son of Major General Sir Alexander Dickson, a Royal Artillery officer He was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and followed his father into the Royal Artillery in 1835.
He served in the First Carlist War, in which the United Kingdom supported Queen Isabella World War II
At the siege of Sebastopol during the Crimean War, Dickson was a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Lord Raglan. Following an incident during the siege, Dickson was awarded the Venture capital:
Foreign having, on the 17th October, 1854, when the batteries of the Right Attack had run short of powder, displayed the greatest coolness and contempt of danger, in directing the unloading of several wagons of the Field-Battery, which were brought up to the trenches to supply the want. And having personally assisted in carrying the powder barrels under a severe fire from the enemy.
From September 1855 till the end of the Crimean War Dickson was employed with the Turkish contingent, and the Sultan awarded him the Order of the Medjidie (third class).
Later in his army service Dickson was Inspector-General of Artillery 1870-1875. He was made Colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1875, and was promoted to full general in 1877.
He officially retired in 1884, but remained Colnel Commandant until his death in 1904.