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Francis Kelly (British Army officer)

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Role
  
British Army officer

Rank
  
Major-general

Name
  
Francis Kelly

Service/branch
  
British Army

Battles/wars
  
Battles and wars
  
World War I

Allegiance
  
Died
  
1937


Francis Kelly (British Army officer)

Commands held
  
Karachi BrigadeAhmednagar BrigadeCommander of British Troops in South China69th (2nd East Anglian) Division

Awards
  
Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George

Major-General Francis Henry Kelly CB CMG (26 July 1859 – 18 March 1937) was Commander of British Troops in South China.

Military career

Kelly was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1879. He took part in the Burma expedition in 1885 and then went to the North West Frontier in India in 1897 where he participated in the Tirah Campaign.

He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General in Quetta District in 1900, Commander of the Karachi Brigade in 1905 and Commander of the Ahmednagar Brigade in 1907.

He was made Commander of British Troops in South China in 1913.

He served in World War I becoming General Officer Commanding 69th (2nd East Anglian) Division and retiring in 1918.

After the War he became a Regional Director at the Ministry of Pensions.

References

Francis Kelly (British Army officer) Wikipedia


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