Cecil Park (British Army officer)

Major-General Cecil William Park CB (19 June 1856– 29 March 1913) was a British Army officer.

Cecil William Park
Born	19 June 1856
Died	29 March 1913
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands	1st Bn the Devonshire Regiment Nasirabad Brigade East Lancashire Division
Battles / wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War Second Boer War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Educated at Haileybury, Park was commissioned into the British Army in 1875.^[1] 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.^[1] 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".^[2][3]

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.^[4] In June he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1906 Birthday Honours.^[5] He was promoted to major general in October 1907.^[6]

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.^[7]