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Michael George Ralph Nevill was born on 19 June 1917, the son of Marjorie (née Nevill) and Percy Llewelyn Nevill. He was educated at Eton College until 1935 before entering Worcester College Oxford on 11 October 1935. He left Oxford without taking a degree.
Following the outbreak of war Michael Nevill attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Scots Guards on 25 May 1940. He was married at Westminster to Maureen Rhodes on 17 July 1940 and they had two sons, David in 1941, and Michael born after his father’s death in 1943.
In February 1943 Michael Nevill embarked with his battalion at the River Clyde on board HMT Samaria, for service in North Africa. Lieutenant Michael Nevill was killed by a German sniper at Crich el Oued in Tunisia, during an attack on the enemy position. He was 25 years old.
Michael Nevill is buried in Massicault War Cemetery in Tunisia, and is commemorated on the war memorials at All Saints Church, Birling, Eton College, and Worcester College, Oxford. In 1953, the Bull pub in Birling was renamed The Nevill Bull in his honour.