Allegiance United Kingdom Died September 19, 2002 Rank Major general Name Cosmo Nevill Service/branch British Army | Battles/wars Second World War Battles and wars World War II Years of service 1927–1960 Education Harrow School | |
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Born 14 July 1907
Bordon, Hampshire ( 1907-07-14 ) Commands held 2 Bn Devonshire Regiment
1st Bn Royal Fusiliers
6th Infantry Brigade
School of Infantry
2nd Division Awards Order of the Bath, 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.
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Military career
Nevill was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1927 and then served in India from 1932. 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. His battalion captured the Longues-sur-Mer battery and took 120 prisoners earning him the DSO. After the War he served on the General Staff of the Military Staff Committee at the United Nations in New York. 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. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division at Hilden in 1956 before he retired in 1960 following a heart attack.
In retirement he became a respected oil painter.
Family
In 1934 he married Grania Goodliffe; they had a son and a daughter.