Cecil Park
British Army general
About Cecil Park
Born 1885.
Major-General Cecil William Park (19 June 1856– 29 March 1913) was a British Army officer.
Military career Educated at Haileybury, Park was commissioned into the British Army in 1875. 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.
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. In June he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1906 Birthday Honours. He was promoted to major general in October 1907.
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.
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British Army general
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Cecil Park was born in 1885.
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