Cosmo Nevill

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Cosmo Nevill
Born(1907-07-14)14 July 1907
Major General
Service number38525
UnitRoyal Fusiliers
Commands held2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
6th Infantry Brigade
British Army School of Infantry
2nd Division
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order

Major General Cosmo Alexander Richard Nevill CB CBE DSO (14 July 1907 – 19 September 2002) was a senior British Army officer who fought in World War II in Western Europe and later commanded the 2nd Division
.

Military career

Nevill was educated at

Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.[2] His battalion captured the Longues-sur-Mer battery and took 120 prisoners, earning him the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).[1]

After the War he served on the General Staff of the Military Staff Committee at the

General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 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

Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the School of Infantry
1954–1956
Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 2nd Division
1956−1958
Succeeded by