Major-General Neville John Gordon Cameron CB, CMG (9 October 1873 – 5 December 1955) was a British Army officer who served with distinction in many conflicts throughout his almost forty years of military service, most notably during the First World War, serving successively as a staff officer and a brigade and division commander.
[2] Shortly after the British entry into World War I in August 1914, Cameron went to France with the 1st Division as its Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General.
Cameron was badly wounded by enemy machine gun fire on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Somme offensive, and his brigade sustained severe casualties.
[2] After recovering from his injuries, he became commander of the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade, part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, on the Western Front in September 1916 and then, after being promoted to the temporary rank of major general in October 1917,[5] became General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division also on the Western Front.
In June 1925 he received a promotion once again to major general, this time a substantive rank,[8] before returning to command the 49th (West Riding) Division again between November 1926[9] and 1930.