Cecil Pereira
Sir Cecil Pereira | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 July 1869 |
| Died | 26 October 1942 (aged 73) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar[1] Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)[2] Croix de guerre (France)[3] |
First World War
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Military career
Educated at the
General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in December 1916.[7] After the war he became General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Infantry Division from 1919 until his retirement in 1923.[7]
During the
Second World War Pereira commanded the Local Defence Volunteers in London.[8]
Family
In 1903 Pereira married Helen Mary Josephine (Nellie) Lane Fox; they had three sons and two daughters.[4] His brothers were George Pereira, a soldier and explorer,[9] and Edward Pereira, a priest, schoolmaster and cricketer.[10] He settled after 1924 at Caversham Place, near Reading, a house designed for him by Clough Williams-Ellis.[11]
Correspondence
His letters were edited by his grandson, E.A. Pereira & others, as Catholic General: The Private Wartime Correspondence of Maj-Gen Sir Cecil Edward Pereira, 1914–19 (Helion, 2020).
References
- ^ "No. 27092". The London Gazette. 23 June 1899. p. 3940.
- ^ "No. 30631". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 April 1918. p. 4522.
- ^ "No. 31514". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 August 1919. p. 10608.
- ^ a b Lane Fox of Bramham Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The War - The Rhodesian Field Force". The Times. No. 36091. London. 16 March 1900. p. 6.
- ^ Orders of Battle
- ^ a b Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Defence Forces Hansard, 3 July 1940
- ^ "Pereira, Cecil Edward". Horniman. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Blois 24". Conqueror 100. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ "Pick of the Past: Caversham Place and Caversham Park Village". Get Reading. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Bibliography
- Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (2014) [1995]. Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. ISBN 978-1-78346-237-7.