Major-General Cecil William Park (19 June 1856– 29 March 1913) was a

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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 The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. In 1958 ...

and was deployed to

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in 1899 during the

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. 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". 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. His last post was as General Officer Commanding

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in October 1910 before his death in command of his division on 29 March 1913.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Cecil William 1885 births 1913 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath British Army major generals Devonshire Regiment officers People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War