Born in 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 was promoted to
lieutenant on 6 October 1894, and to
captain on 5 July 1899. He was seconded to the
Northern Nigeria Regiment in the
West African Frontier Force, and served during the expedition against the Bida and
Kontagora Emirate in 1901. The following year he was appointed resident at
Gujba, when a British garrison was established in
Lower Borno. He served during the
First World War, between 1914 and 1918, commanding the
61st Infantry Brigade.
Brigadier General 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. ==References==