Major General Cosmo Alexander Richard Nevill, CB, CBE, DSO (14 July 1907 – 19 September 2002) was a senior British Army officer who fought in the Second World War in Western Europe and later commanded the 2nd Division from 1956 to 1958.
Nevill was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
[2] He fought in the Second World War in Burma and then took part in the Normandy landings as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment.
[2] His battalion captured the Longues-sur-Mer battery and took 120 prisoners, earning him the Distinguished Service Order.
[2] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding of the 2nd Infantry Division at Hilden in 1956 before he retired in 1960 following a heart attack.