William Cleeve
Major-General William Frederick Cleeve CB JP (24 January 1853 – 31 January 1922) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
William Cleeve | |
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| Born | 24 January 1853[1] Barbados, Lesser Antilles |
| Died | 31 January 1922 (aged 69) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Place of burial | Llanfrechfa, Wales |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1873 – 1918 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Battles/wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War World War I |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Military career
Cleeve was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 29 April 1873.[2] He served in Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80),[2] was promoted to captain on 1 September 1882, to major on 12 February 1890, and to lieutenant-colonel on 3 January 1899.[3] He was appointed Chief Instructor in Gunnery in 1901, and promoted to colonel on 3 January 1903.[4] In 1914 he was appointed Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, holding that post throughout World War I.[2]
Cleeve was appointed as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1916.[5]
Family
In 1894, he married Gwladys Elizabeth Mitchell.[6]
References
- UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962
- "Cleeve, William Frederick". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009.
- Hart′s Army list, 1904
- "No. 27513". The London Gazette. 6 January 1903. p. 110.
- "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1916. p. 5554.
- Walford, Edward (1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London: R. Hardwicke. p. 269.