Cosmo Nevill

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.

Cosmo Nevill
Born(1907-07-14)14 July 1907
Bordon, Hampshire, England
Died19 September 2002(2002-09-19) (aged 95)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1927–1960
RankMajor General
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

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 Münster 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]

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References
  1. Obituary: Major-General Cosmo Nevill The Telegraph, 12 October 2002
  2. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Military offices
Preceded by
John Wilsey		 General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division
1956–1958		 Succeeded by
William Stirling
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