Cosmo Nevill
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Military career
Nevill was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College Sandhurst.[1] He was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1927 and then served in India from 1932.[2] He fought in the Second World War in Burma and then took part in the Normandy landings as Commanding Officer of 2 Bn Devonshire Regiment.[2] His battalion captured the Longues-sur-Mer battery and took 120 prisoners earning him the DSO.[1] After the War he served on the General Staff of the Military Staff Committee at the United Nations in New York.[2] He became Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Royal Fusiliers in Germany in 1950, Commander of 6th Infantry Brigade at Munster and Wuppertal in 1951 and Commandant of the School of Infantry at Warminster in 1954.[2] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division at Hilden in 1956 before he retired in 1960 following a heart attack.[2]
In retirement he became a respected oil painter.[1]
Family
In 1934 he married Grania Goodliffe; they had a son and a daughter.[1]
References
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| Preceded by | General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division 1956–1958 |
Succeeded by William Stirling |
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- 1907 births
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