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Philip James Vandeleur Kelly

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Died
  
1948

Rank
  
Brigadier-General

Years of service
  
1897–1945


Service/branch
  
Allegiance
  
Name
  
Philip Vandeleur

Commands held
  
Anglo Egyptian Darfur Expedition5th Mounted Brigade13th Cavalry Brigade14th West Riding Battalion, Home Guard

Sir Philip James Vandeleur Kelly KCMG DSO (1897–1948) was a cavalry officer and a brigadier-general of the British Army.

Biography

Kelly of Castle Connell, County Limerick, Ireland graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 3 May 1898 and joined the 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars as a second lieutenant the following day. He was promoted to lieutenant on 17 January 1900, and was stationed with his regiment at Lucknow and Bengal in India. Ten years later, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army and as a captain was awarded the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class. This was followed by a second foreign award the Order of the Nile, Third Class on 20 June 1916. As a lieutenant-colonel he was given command of the Anglo Egyptian Darfur Expedition and following its successful conclusion was awarded a British Distinguished Service Order, and made a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George both in 1917.

He next served as the brigade commander of both the 5th Mounted and the 13th Cavalry Brigades, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. His last military post was as commanding officer of the 14th West Riding Battalion, Home Guard during the Second World War. Philip James Vadeleur Kelly died in 1949.

References

Philip James Vandeleur Kelly Wikipedia


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