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Alfred Alexander Kennedy (1870–1926) was a

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officer.

Military career

Kennedy was commissioned into the

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on 10 October 1891. He was promoted to

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on 16 November 1892, and to

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on 23 May 1896. After transferring to

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, he was in March 1901 appointed aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir George Luck, Commanding the Forces,

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, and from April the same year also held a temporary appointment as Assistant Military Secretary to the command. Kennedy commanded the 4th Cavalry Division at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 and, after becoming commander of 230th Brigade in July 1918, he commanded the brigade in the

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. After the war he served as a Military Governor in Occupied German Territory and then became General Officer Commanding the

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in June 1923 before his death in March 1926. He was colonel of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars from 1924 until his death in 1926.

Family

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

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy Alfred 1870 births 1926 deaths British Army generals of World War I Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 3rd The King's Own Hussars officers British Army major generals