Awards Order of the Bath Rank Major-general | Years of service 1873 - 1918 Allegiance United Kingdom Name William Cleeve | |
Battles/wars Second Anglo-Afghan WarSecond Boer WarWorld War I Battles and wars Second Anglo-Afghan War, Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Place of burial Llanfrechfa, Wales | ||
Major-General William Frederick Cleeve CB JP (1853 – 31 January 1922) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
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Military career
Cleeve was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1873. He served in Second Anglo-Afghan War and later in the Second Boer War. He was appointed Chief Instructor in Gunnery in 1901 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich holding that post throughout World War I.
Family
In 1894 he married Gwladys Elizabeth Mitchell; they had five sons and two daughters.
References
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