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Alfred Kennedy | |
|---|---|
 Kennedy in 1917 | |
| Born | Alfred Alexander Kennedy 1870 |
| Died | (aged 55) |
Branch |  British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | |
Conflicts | First World War |
| Awards | |
Major-General Alfred Alexander Kennedy CB CMG (1870–1926) was a British Army officer.
Military career
[edit]Kennedy was commissioned into the 3rd The King's Own Hussars on 10 October 1891.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant on 16 November 1892, and to captain on 23 May 1896.[4][5]
After transferring to British India, he was in March 1901 appointed aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir George Luck, Commanding the Forces, Bengal Command, and from April the same year also held a temporary appointment as Assistant Military Secretary to the command.[6] In July he was promoted to major.[7]
In April 1913 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel,[8] and appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in February 1915.[9]
In May 1915, during the First World War, Kennedy was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general and succeeded Brigadier General Charles Kavanagh in command of the 7th Cavalry Brigade.[10] He was made a substantive colonel in April 1917[11] and later commanded the 4th Cavalry Division at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917[12] and, after becoming commander of the 230th Infantry Brigade in July 1918,[13] he commanded the brigade in the Hundred Days Offensive.[14]
After the war he was promoted to substantive major general in June 1919[15] and served as a military governor in occupied German territory[16] and then in June 1923 became GOC 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in succession to Major General Henry Rodolph Davies[17] before his death in March 1926.[18]
He was colonel of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars, in succession to General Lord Byng, from January 1924[19] until his death in 1926.[20]
Family
[edit]In 1898, he married Dora Campbell, daughter of Walter Thomas Rowley.[21]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ↑ "No. 26212". The London Gazette. 9 October 1891. p. 5278.
- ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1901
- ↑ "No. 26767". The London Gazette. 11 August 1896. p. 4573.
- ↑ "No. 27498". The London Gazette. 25 November 1902. p. 7942.
- ↑ "No. 27468". The London Gazette. 26 August 1902. p. 5534.
- ↑ "No. 28706". The London Gazette. 1 April 1913. p. 2362.
- ↑ "No. 29074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. p. 1688.
- ↑ "No. 29170". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 May 1915. p. 4991.
- ↑ "No. 30106". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1917. p. 5405.
- ↑ Anglesey, Lord (1995). The History of the British Cavalry Vol VIII (The Western Front 1915–1918; Epilogue 1919–1939). Pen and Sword. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-85052-467-3.
- ↑ Becke 1936, p. 117
- ↑ Becke 1936, p. 122
- ↑ "No. 31395". The London Gazette. 6 June 1919. p. 7421.
- ↑ "Proclamation". Auckland Museum. 27 December 1919. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "No. 32837". The London Gazette. 26 June 1923. p. 4431.
- ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ↑ "No. 32914". The London Gazette. 29 February 1924. p. 1827.
- ↑ "3rd The King's Own Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. "Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour". p. 1089.
Sources
[edit]- Becke, Major A.F. (1936). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42-56). London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-12-4.
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