Cecil Romer

Sir Cecil Romer
General Sir Cecil Romer
Born	14 November 1869
Died	1962 (aged 92 or 93)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	59th (2nd North Midland) Division 1st Division Western Command Southern Command
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir Cecil Francis Romer, GCB, KBE, CMG (14 November 1869 – 1962) was a British Army general who reached high command during the 1920s.

Romer was born at Ifield in Sussex. He was commissioned into the Royal Dublin Fusiliers as a Second lieutenant on 1 March 1890, promoted lieutenant on 23 August 1893, and captain on 19 October 1898. He served in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902, and received the brevet rank of major on 29 November 1900. Following the war he was seconded as an Adjutant of Volunteers in February 1902, but only a few months later he was on 19 June 1902 appointed Brigade Major to the 13th Brigade, in Dublin. He went on to become a General Staff Officer in 1904.