Neville Cameron
Neville John Gordon Cameron was a British Army officer.Military career
Born the third son of General Sir William Gordon Cameron and educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Cameron was commissioned into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and saw action in Sudan in 1898 during the Mahdist War. He became commander of 151st Brigade on the Western Front in September 1916 and then became General Officer Commanding the 49th Infantry Division also on the Western Front in October 1917. He commanded the division during all the major battles of the Lys offensive in April 1918 and in the Hundred Days Offensive in autumn 1918 during the First World War.
After handing over his command in June 1919, he became commander of 16th Infantry Brigade in Ireland in January 1921 and commander of 12th Infantry Brigade in November 1923 before returning to command the 49th Infantry Division again between 1926 and 1930.
He was colonel of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders from 1929 to 1943.
