Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer)

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

Alfred Kennedy
Kennedy in 1917
Birth nameAlfred Alexander Kennedy
Born1870 (1870)
Ulverston,[1] England
Died (aged 55)
York,[2] England
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-general
Commands held
Battles/warsFirst World War
Awards

Military career

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 served as a Military Governor in Occupied German Territory[9] and then became General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in June 1923 before his death in March 1926.[10]

He was colonel of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars from 1924 until his death in 1926.[11]

Family

In 1898, he married Dora Campbell, daughter of Walter Thomas Rowley.[12]

References
  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. "No. 26212". The London Gazette. 9 October 1891. p. 5278.
  4. Hart′s Army list, 1901
  5. "No. 27498". The London Gazette. 25 November 1902. p. 7942.
  6. 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.
  7. Becke 1936, p. 117
  8. Becke 1936, p. 122
  9. "Proclamation". Auckland Museum. 27 December 1919. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  10. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  11. "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)
  12. 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.
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