Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer)

Alfred Kennedy
Kennedy in 1917
Birth name	Alfred Alexander Kennedy
Born	1870 (1870) Ulverston,[1] England
Died	1926 (aged 55) York,[2] England
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Major-general
Commands	4th Cavalry Division 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
Battles / wars	First 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.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant on 16 November 1892, and to captain on 23 May 1896.[4][5]

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.[6] In July he was promoted to major.[7]

In April 1913 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel,[8] and appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in Febriary 1915.[9]

In May 1915, during the First World War, Kennedy was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general and succeeded Brigadier General Charles Kavanagh in command of the 7th Cavalry Brigade.[10] He later commanded the 4th Cavalry Division at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917[11] and, after becoming commander of the 230th Infantry Brigade in July 1918,[12] he commanded the brigade in the Hundred Days Offensive.[13]

After the war he was promoted to substantive major general in June 1919[14] and served as a military governor in occupied German territory[15] and then in June 1923 became GOC 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in succession to Major General Henry Rodolph Davies[16] before his death in March 1926.[17]

He was colonel of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars from 1924 until his death in 1926.[18]

Family

In 1898, he married Dora Campbell, daughter of Walter Thomas Rowley.[19]

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. 26767". The London Gazette. 11 August 1896. p. 4573.
6. "No. 27498". The London Gazette. 25 November 1902. p. 7942.
7. "No. 27468". The London Gazette. 26 August 1902. p. 5534.
8. "No. 28706". The London Gazette. 1 April 1913. p. 2362.
9. "No. 29074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. p. 1688.
10. "No. 29170". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 May 1915. p. 4991.
11. 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.
12. Becke 1936, p. 117
13. Becke 1936, p. 122
14. "No. 31395". The London Gazette. 6 June 1919. p. 7421.
15. "Proclamation". Auckland Museum. 27 December 1919. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
16. "No. 32837". The London Gazette. 26 June 1923. p. 4431.
17. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
18. "3rd The King's Own Hussars". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
19. 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 Henry Davies	GOC 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 1923–1926	Succeeded by Neville Cameron