Arnold Cazenove

Arnold Cazenove
Birth name	Arnold de Lérisson Cazenove
Born	18 September 1898
Died	2 April 1969 (aged 70)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1916–1950
Rank	Brigadier
Unit	Coldstream Guards
Commands held	1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 7th Guards Brigade Guards Support Group 73rd Independent Infantry Brigade 140th (4th London) Brigade
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Legion of Merit (United States) Order of Orange-Nassau
Relations	Christopher Cazenove (son)

Brigadier Arnold de Lérisson Cazenove (18 September 1898 – 2 April 1969) was a British Army officer in World War I and World War II.

Arnold Cazenove was born on 18 September 1898, the third son of Arthur Philip Cazenove of Cadogan Place, London, of a junior branch of the Cazenoves of Cottesbrooke. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

In 1916, during World War I, Cazenove passed out of Sandhurst and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Coldstream Guards, in which he served on the Western Front in 1917–18. He was mentioned in despatches.

Cazenove served as the adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, in 1922–25, and was on the staff of London District 1926–29. He was promoted to major in 1933 and held the appointments of brigade major to the Brigade of Guards (1933–36) and Officer Commanding Guards Depot (1937). In 1939 he was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel and took command of the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards.

In September 1939, during World War II, the battalion, part of the 7th Guards Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division, under Major General Bernard Montgomery, was sent to France to join the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). During the German invasion of France and Belgium in May 1940, the battalion fought in the delaying actions along the Ypres-Comines Canal and was then evacuated from Dunkirk.

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