Arnold Cazenove

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