Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer)
Alfred Kennedy | |
|---|---|
 Kennedy in 1917 | |
| Birth name | Alfred Alexander Kennedy |
| Born | 1870 Ulverston,[1] England |
| Died | (aged 55) York,[2] England |
| Service |  British Army |
| Rank | Major-general |
| Commands | |
| Battles / wars | 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] 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.[5]
Kennedy commanded the 4th Cavalry Division at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917[6] and, after becoming commander of 230th Brigade in July 1918,[7] he commanded the brigade in the Hundred Days Offensive.[8]
After the war he was promoted to major general in June 1919[9] and served as a Military Governor in Occupied German Territory[10] and then became General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in June 1923 before his death in March 1926.[11]
He was colonel of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars from 1924 until his death in 1926.[12]
Family
[edit]In 1898, he married Dora Campbell, daughter of Walter Thomas Rowley.[13]
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. 27498". The London Gazette. 25 November 1902. p. 7942.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "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.