Nevil Macready Military person

General Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, GCMG, KCB, PC (Ire) (7 May 1862–9 January 1946), known as Sir Nevil Macready and affectionately as Make-Ready (close to the correct pronunciation of his name), was a British Army officer. He served in senior staff appointments in the First World War and was the last British military commander in Ireland, and also served for two years as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in London.

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Nevil Macready
Birth dateMay 07, 1862
Date of deathJanuary 09, 1946

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
World War I
military branch
British Army
military command
2nd Infantry Brigade
Ireland
Belfast District
service start1881
service end1923

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