Years of service 1924–1959 Rank Major-general Service/branch British Army | Education Bedford School Name Robert Cottrell-Hill Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held 71st Indian Infantry Brigade
British Forces in Berlin Battles/wars 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
World War II Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
& Bar
Military Cross Died 1965, Oxford, United Kingdom Battles and wars 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, World War II | ||
Major-General Robert Charles Cottrell-Hill CB CBE DSO* MC (born Robert Charles Hill; 7 November 1903 – 10 November 1965) was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.
Military career
Educated at Bedford School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Cottrell-Hill was commissioned into the Border Regiment in 1924. He was awarded the MC for bravery at El Yamun near Jenin in Palestine in 1938.
He served in World War II initially as a Brigade Major and latterly as Commander of 71st Indian Infantry Brigade. He was awarded the DSO for services in Arakan in 1944 and a Bar to his DSO for an assault landing at Ramree Island, located off the coast of Arakan, in 1945.
In 1948 he became Deputy Director of Infantry at the War Office and in 1950 he was made Chief of Staff at Malaya Command. He returned the War Office as Director of Military Training in 1953 and became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1955. He joined the Regular Commissions Board in 1957 and retired in 1959.