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Major-General Cosmo Nevill (1907-2002) - Original 1979 Oil. Oil on board. In a gilt frame with linen liner. Signed and dated. In fine condition.Major-General Cosmo Alexander Richard Nevill CB CBE DSO (1907–2002) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Infantry Division. Nevill was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1927 and then served in India from 1932. He fought in the Second World War in Burma and then took part in the Normandy landings. His battalion captured the Longues-sur-Mer battery and took 120 prisoners earning him the DSO. After the War he served on the General Staff of the Military Staff Committee at the United Nations in New York. He became Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Royal Fusiliers in Germany in 1950, Commander of 6th Infantry Brigade at Munster and Wuppertal in 1951 and Commandant of the School of Infantry at Warminster in 1954. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division at Hilden in 1956 before he retired in 1960. In retirement he became a highly respected painter in oils, and his landscapes were exhibited in London and Paris. Two of his oil paintings are in the collection of The Fusilier Museum London.
Size
28.5 x 39cm (11.2" x 15.4") Framed Size: 44 x 54cm (17.3" x 21.3")
