Cyril Deverell

Cyril Deverell
Sir Cyril Deverell
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Field Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell
Born 9 November 1874(1874-11-09)
St Peter Port, Guernsey
Died 12 May 1947(1947-05-12) (aged 72)
Lymington, Hampshire
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Years of service 1895 - 1937
Rank Field Marshal
Commands held 3rd Division
53rd (Welsh) Division
Western Command
Eastern Command
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Field Marshal Sir Cyril John Deverell, GCB, KBE, ADC (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.

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Army career

Educated at Bedford School he was commissioned into the Prince of Wales's West Yorkshire Regiment in 1895.[1]

Deverell received his first command assignment in 1915 during World War I, when he was asked to command the 20th Brigade, 7th Division.[1] The division was present at the Somme.[1] It held a position on the 21st Division's right flank during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge and attacked the Switch Line to the east of High Wood; one of Deverell's men, Theodore William Henry Veale, won the Victoria Cross during this action.[2] Several weeks later, Deverell was given command of the 3rd Division[1] after its commander, Sir Aylmer Haldane, took over VI Corps.

Deverell formally took command on 7 August 1916. He led the division at Arras in 1917, then participated in the latter stages of Passchendaele. He returned to the Somme in 1918, before fighting alongside the Portuguese at the Battle of the Lys. The division participated in the Hundred Days Offensive, finally leading to the German surrender on 11 November 1918.[3]

He commanded that division until 1919, when he took over command of the 53rd (Welsh) Division.[3] In 1921 he moved to India, where he commanded the United Provinces District, served as Quartermaster-General and finally became Chief of the General Staff of India in 1930.[3] He became Commander-in-Chief of Western Command in 1931 and then Eastern Command in 1933[3] and then served as Aide-de-Camp to King George V before being promoted to field marshal and assuming the position of Chief of the Imperial General Staff on 15 May 1936.[3] He would hold the latter office for 20 months before retiring from active service. He did not serve during World War II.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Heathcote, Anthony pg 101
  2. ^ Dartmouth memorial
  3. ^ a b c d e Heathcote, Anthony pg 102

Further reading

  • The British Field Marshals 1736-1997, Tony Heathcote, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1999, ISBN 0-85052-696-5

External links

Military offices
Preceded by
Aylmer Haldane
General Officer Commanding the 3rd Division
1916–1919
Succeeded by
Robert Whigham
Preceded by
Sir Cecil Romer
GOC-in-C Western Command
1931–1933
Succeeded by
Sir Walter Kirke
Preceded by
Sir Webb Gillman
GOC-in-C Eastern Command
1933–1936
Succeeded by
Sir Edmund Ironside
Preceded by
Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd
Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1936–1937
Succeeded by
The Viscount Gort

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