John Utterson-Kelso

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John Utterson-Kelso
Captain J E Utterson-Kelso HU125418.jpg
Major General J. E. Utterson-Kelso, pictured here as a captain in the First World War.
Born1893
Died1972 (aged 78–79)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1912–1946
RankMajor-General
Service number4982
UnitRoyal Scots Fusiliers
Devonshire Regiment
Commands held2nd Battalion,Devonshire Regiment
131st (Surrey) Infantry Brigade
47th (London) Infantry Division
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross & Bar

Major-General John Edward Utterson-Kelso CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, MC & Bar (1893–1972) was a British Army officer.

Military career[]

Educated at Haileybury College,[1] Utterson-Kelso was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 4 September 1912[2] and saw service during the First World War for which he was awarded the Military Cross.[3]

Utterson-Kelso became an instructor at the Small Arms School in 1928, commander of the Lines of Communications Troops in Palestine and Transjordan in 1936 and commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment in 1937.[1] He went on to be commander 131st (Surrey) Infantry Brigade in November 1939 and landed in France on 3 April 1940 to join the British Expeditionary Force.[4] After taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation,[5] he served as General Officer Commanding 47th (London) Infantry Division from April 1941 until April 1942.[6] He then served as head of the infantry branch of the Directorate of Military Training at Headquarters Home Forces until January 1944.[7] He became General Officer Commanding 76th Infantry Division in March 1944[8] before returning to his role as General Officer Commanding 47th (London) Infantry Division in September 1944; he remained in that role until the end of the war.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "John Utterson-Kelso". DNW. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. ^ "No. 28641". The London Gazette. 3 September 1912. p. 6537.
  3. ^ "No. 13033". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1917. p. 42.
  4. ^ Fraser, David (1983). And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War. Cassell military. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-304-35233-3.
  5. ^ "Queen's in the Middle East". Queen's Royal Surreys. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ^ Place, Timothy Harrison (2000). Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day. Routledge. p. 7. ISBN 978-0714650371.
  8. ^ Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1990]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1., p. 99
Military offices
Preceded by GOC 47th (London) Infantry Division
1941–1942 		Succeeded by
Preceded by GOC 76th Infantry Division
March–September 1944 		Succeeded by
Post disbanded
Preceded by GOC 47th (London) Infantry Division
1944–1945 		Succeeded by
Post disbanded
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