Cecil Levita

Cecil Levita
Birth name	Cecil Bingham Levita
Born	18 January 1867
Died	10 October 1953
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/wars	Second Matabele War Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath
Relations	Lieutenant Colonel Harry Plumridge Levita c.1862-1919 (brother)

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita KCVO CB DL (18 January 1867 – 10 October 1953) was a British soldier and public service worker who eventually rose to be chairman of the London County Council in 1928.

Levita attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1886. He started his career as a soldier serving in the Second Matabele War and the Second Boer War where he was A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General Sir Baker Russell. He was later appointed a special service officer and a D.A.A.G. in the Natal Field Force. He was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Queen's medal with three clasps. He was created an MVO in 1901, and promoted to Major 5 February 1902. He retired from the army in October 1909. During the First World War he was recalled from the reserve to serve as General Staff Officer. After the war he was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel and made a CBE for "valuable services rendered in connection with the War".

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