Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer)

Major-General Alfred Alexander Kennedy CB, CMG (1870–1926) was a British Army officer.

Alfred Kennedy
Major-General Alfred Kennedy
Born1870
Died1926
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held4th Cavalry Division
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Military career

Kennedy was commissioned into the 3rd The King's Own Hussars on 10 October 1891.[1] He commanded the 4th Cavalry Division at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917[2] and, after becoming commander of 230th Brigade in July 1918,[3] he commanded the brigade in the Hundred Days Offensive.[4] After the war he served as a Military Governor in Occupied German Territory[5] and then became General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in June 1923 before his death in March 1926.[6]

He was colonel of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars from 1924 until his death in 1926.[7]

Family

In 1898, he married Dora Campbell, daughter of Walter Thomas Rowley.[8]

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References

  1. "No. 26212". The London Gazette. 9 October 1891. p. 5278.
  2. 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 978-0850524673.
  3. Becke 1936, p. 117
  4. Becke 1936, p. 122
  5. "Proclamation". Auckland Museum. 27 December 1919. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. "3rd The King's Own Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  8. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. "Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour". p. 1089.

Sources

  • 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.
Military offices
Preceded by
Henry Davies
GOC 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
1923–1926
Succeeded by
Neville Cameron
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