caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
field marshal sir cyril deverell 1895 - 1937 23px british army 3rd eastern command division 53rd -lrb- welsh -rrb- division western command 12 may 1947 lymington , hampshire st peter port , guernsey united kingdom united kingdom knight knight commander of the order of the british empire grand cross of the order of the bath world war i 09 november 1874 field marshal cdeverell.jpg cyril deverell
 sir cyril deverell
cyril deverell

field marshal sir cyril john deverell , gcb , kbe , adc , dl -lrb- 9 november 1874 -- 12 may 1947 -rrb- was a british career military officer who served as chief of the imperial general staff in 1936 and 1937 .
he fought in the fourth anglo-ashanti war and world war i and later advised the government on the importance of maintaining the capability to mount an expeditionary force for operations on mainland europe .
