| 词条 | Robert Cottrell-Hill |
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| name = Robert Charles Cottrell-Hill | image = | caption = | birth_date =Robert Charles Hill 7 November 1903 | death_date =10 November 1965 (aged 62) | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place =Khadki, Maharashtra, India | death_place =Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | nickname = | allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch ={{army|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears =1924–1959 |servicenumber= | rank =Major-General | unit =Border Regiment | commands =71st Indian Infantry Brigade British Forces in Berlin | battles =Arab revolt in Palestine World War II | awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar Military Cross Mentioned in dispatches | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General Robert Charles Cottrell-Hill {{postnominals|country=GBR|CB|CBE|DSO*|MC}} (born Robert Charles Hill; 7 November 1903 – 10 November 1965) was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin. Military careerEducated at Bedford School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] Cottrell-Hill was commissioned into the Border Regiment in 1924.[2] He served with the 1st Battalion, Border Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for bravery at El Yamun near Jenin in Palestine, during the Arab revolt, in 1938,[1] and was later mentioned in dispatches for his services there.[3] He served in World War II initially as a brigade major[1] and latterly as Commander of the 71st Indian Infantry Brigade.[4] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for services in Arakan in 1944 and a Bar to his DSO for an assault landing at Ramree Island, located off the coast of Arakan, in 1945.[5] In 1948 he became Deputy Director of Infantry at the War Office and in 1950 he was made Chief of Staff at Malaya Command.[2] He returned the War Office as Director of Military Training in 1953 and became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1955.[2] He joined the Regular Commissions Board in 1957 and retired in 1959.[2] References1. ^1 2 DNW Medals {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir William Oliver}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant, British Sector in Berlin|years=1955–1956}}{{s-aft|after=Francis Rome}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cottrell-Hill, Robert}}2. ^1 2 3 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=34582|page=8177|date=23 December 1938}} 4. ^Generals.dk 5. ^Axis History Forum 13 : 1903 births|1965 deaths|British Army generals|British Army personnel of World War II|British military personnel of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine|Border Regiment officers|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst|People educated at Bedford School|People from Maharashtra|Recipients of the Military Cross |
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