About Cecil East
Lived 1837 – 1908 (aged 70). Cecil East was a British military personnel.
General Sir Cecil James East (10 July 1837 – 14 March 1908) was a British Army officer who became Governor and Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Military career East was commissioned as an ensign in the 82nd Regiment of Foot in 1854 and fought in the Crimean War. He also served in the Indian Mutiny and was wounded at Cawnpore.
In retirement he lived in Fairhaven near Winchester.
Family In 1863 he married Jane Catharine Smith; they had a son and a daughter, Charles Conran East and Kate Florence East. Then in 1875 he married Frances Elizabeth Mogg; they had one daughter.
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British Army general
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Cecil East was born on 10 July 1837.
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Cecil East died on 14 March 1908.
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