Cecil Pereira

Major General Sir Cecil Edward Pereira, KCB, CMG (24 July 1869 – 26 October 1942) was a British Army officer who commanded the 2nd Division during the First World War.

Sir Cecil Pereira
Born(1869-07-24)24 July 1869
Died26 October 1942(1942-10-26) (aged 73)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1890–1923
RankMajor General
Commands held56th (London) Infantry Division
2nd Division
1st Guards Brigade
85th Brigade
2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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]

Military career

Educated at the Oratory School, Edgbaston, Pereira was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1890.[4] He served in Uganda from 1898 and was seconded for service in the Second Boer War in South Africa in March 1900, and attached to the Rhodesian Field Force.[5] He then served in the First World War and was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards in 1914, commander of 85th Brigade (which he led at the Battle of Loos) in 1915 and commander of 1st Guards Brigade in January 1916,[6] before being made 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]

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References
  1. "No. 27092". The London Gazette. 23 June 1899. p. 3940.
  2. "No. 30631". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 April 1918. p. 4522.
  3. "No. 31514". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 August 1919. p. 10608.
  4. Lane Fox of Bramham Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "The War - The Rhodesian Field Force". The Times (36091). London. 16 March 1900. p. 6.
  6. Orders of Battle
  7. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Defence Forces Hansard, 3 July 1940
  9. "Pereira, Cecil Edward". Horniman. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  10. "Blois 24". Conqueror 100. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  11. "Pick of the Past: Caversham Place and Caversham Park Village". Get Reading. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Military offices
Preceded by
William Walker		 General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division
1916–1919		 Succeeded by
Richard Butler
Preceded by
Charles Hull		 General Officer Commanding the 56th (1st London) Division
1919–1923		 Succeeded by
Sir Geoffrey Feilding
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