Cyril Deverell Military person

Field Marshal Sir Cyril John Deverell, GCB, KBE, ADC, DL (9 November 1874 – 12 May 1947) was a British career military officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1936 and 1937. He fought in the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War and World War I and later advised the Government on the importance of maintaining the capability to mount an Expeditionary Force for operations on mainland Europe.

Personal facts

Cyril Deverell
Birth dateNovember 09, 1874
Birth place
Guernsey , Saint Peter Port
Date of deathMay 12, 1947
Place of death
Hampshire , Lymington

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
Order of the British Empire
military operations
World War I
military branch
British Army
military command
Eastern Command
3rd Division
Western Command
53rd (Welsh) Division
service start1895
service end1937

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External resources

  1. http://www.generals.dk/general/Deverell/Sir_Cyril_John/Great_Britain.html