Later Career
In June 1919 Cobbe was made a substantive Lieutenant-General, and he was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office in 1920. Promotion to General came in March 1926 just prior to his appointment as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of India’s Northern Command. On his return to England he was re-appointed in June 1930 as Military Secretary to the India Office.
Honours continued to come Cobbe’s way. In 1922 he was appointed Colonel of his first regiment, The South Wales Borderers. In the New Year Honours of 1928 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and in June 1930 he was appointed ADC General to His Majesty. The following month he was appointed Colonel of the Sikh Pioneers. However, a lifetime of soldiering in severe climates and arduous conditions had had its effect and, at the age of just 61, General Sir Alexander Cobbe died on 29 June 1931. He is buried alone in the churchyard of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.
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