Alfred Kennedy | |
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Birth name | Alfred Alexander Kennedy |
Born | 1870 Ulverston,[1] England |
Died | (aged 55) York,[2] England |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Major-general |
Commands held | |
Battles/wars | First World War |
Awards |
Major-General Alfred Alexander Kennedy CB CMG (1870–1926) was a British Army officer.
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]
In 1898, he married Dora Campbell, daughter of Walter Thomas Rowley.[12]