Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer)

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Alfred Kennedy
Alfred Alexander Kennedy.jpg
Kennedy in 1917
Birth nameAlfred Alexander Kennedy
Born1870 (1870)
Died1926 (aged 55–56)
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-general
Commands held
Battles/warsFirst World War
Awards
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath
  • Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

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

Military career[]

Kennedy was commissioned into the 3rd The King's Own Hussars on 10 October 1891.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 16 November 1892, and to captain on 23 May 1896.[2] 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.[3]

Kennedy commanded the 4th Cavalry Division at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917[4] and, after becoming commander of 230th Brigade in July 1918,[5] he commanded the brigade in the Hundred Days Offensive.[6] After the war he served as a Military Governor in Occupied German Territory[7] and then became General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in June 1923 before his death in March 1926.[8]

He was colonel of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars from 1924 until his death in 1926.[9]

Family[]

In 1898, he married Dora Campbell, daughter of Walter Thomas Rowley.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 26212". The London Gazette. 9 October 1891. p. 5278.
  2. ^ Hart′s Army list, 1901
  3. ^ "No. 27498". The London Gazette. 25 November 1902. p. 7942.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Becke 1936, p. 117
  6. ^ Becke 1936, p. 122
  7. ^ "Proclamation". Auckland Museum. 27 December 1919. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  9. ^ "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)
  10. ^ 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 GOC 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
1923–1926 		Succeeded by
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