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Cecil Park (British Army officer)

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Cecil William Park
Born19 June 1856
Died29 March 1913
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands1st Bn the Devonshire Regiment
Nasirabad Brigade
East Lancashire Division
Battles / warsSecond Anglo-Afghan War
Second Boer War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Cecil William Park CB (19 June 1856– 29 March 1913) was a British Army officer.

Military career

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Educated at Haileybury, Park was commissioned into the British Army in 1875.[1] After seeing action in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879, he became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the Devonshire Regiment and was deployed to South Africa in 1899 during the Second Boer War.[1] His battalion's charge on the boers on Waggon Hill on 6 January 1900 during the Relief of Ladysmith was described as "the crowning episode of the day".[2][3]

He became assistant adjutant-general for South Eastern District in 1902, deputy adjutant-general in India in July 1903 and commandant of the Nasirabad Brigade in January 1906.[4] His last post was as General Officer Commanding East Lancashire Division in October 1910 before his death in command of his division on 29 March 1913.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rao, C. Hayavadana, ed. (1915). "Park, Major-General Cecil William" . The Indian Biographical Dictionary . Vol. 17.1. Madras: Pillar & Co. pp. 318–319.
  2. ^ Macdonald 1900, p. 175
  3. ^ Spiers, p. 82
  4. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Funeral of Major-General Cecil Park". Stockport County Borough Express. 10 April 1912. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

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Military offices
Preceded by GOC East Lancashire Division
1910–1913
Succeeded by