George Kelly (British Army officer)

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George Charles Kelly
BornOctober 1880
DiedApril 1938
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1899−1938
RankMajor-General
UnitKing's Royal Rifle Corps
Commands held2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Brigade
15th Brigade
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Major-General George Charles Kelly CB, DSO (October 1880 – April 1938) was a British Army officer.

Military career[]

Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] Kelly was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 11 November 1899.[2] He was severely wounded at the Battle of the Tugela Heights in South Africa in February 1900 during the Second Boer War.[3]

During the First World War he served as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps from September 1917 to March 1918[4] when he became commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade.[1] He led his brigade in the German spring offensive and Hundred Days Offensive, during which he was wounded again in September 1918.[1]

He became commander of 15th Infantry Brigade in April 1932 and then became General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in September 1935 before his death in April 1938.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs: General Officer Casualties of the Great War 1914–1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-0850524635.
  2. ^ "No. 27134". The London Gazette. 10 November 1899. p. 6739.
  3. ^ "George Charles Kelly". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. ^ "King's Royal Rifle Corps". Infantry Commanding Officers. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
1935–1938 		Succeeded by
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