Philip James Vandeleur Kelly

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Philip James Vandeleur Kelly
Born1 September 1878
Rangoon Burma
Died1948
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1897–1945
RankBrigadier-General
Commands heldAnglo Egyptian Darfur Expedition
5th Mounted Brigade
13th Cavalry Brigade
14th West Riding Battalion, Home Guard
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War

Sir Philip James Vandeleur Kelly KCMG DSO (1878–1948) was a cavalry officer and a brigadier-general of the British Army.

Biography[edit]

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.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 17 January 1900,[2] and was stationed with his regiment at Lucknow and Bengal in India. The regiment had moved to Sialkot in the Punjab by the time he was promoted to captain on 21 January 1903.[3] Eight years later, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army and as a captain was awarded the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class.[4] This was followed by a second foreign award the Order of the Nile, Third Class on 20 June 1916.[5] 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,[6] and made a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George both in 1917.[7]

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 1948.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 26963". The London Gazette. 3 May 1898. p. 2747.
  2. ^ "No. 27160". The London Gazette. 2 February 1900. p. 691.
  3. ^ "No. 27517". The London Gazette. 20 January 1903. p. 388.
  4. ^ "No. 28418". The London Gazette. 23 September 1910. p. 6762.
  5. ^ "No. 29629". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 June 1916. p. 6064.
  6. ^ "No. 13033". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1917. p. 23.
  7. ^ "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1917. p. 5459.
  8. ^ "Kelly, Philip James Vandeleur (d 1948) Brigadier General". National Archives. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Private Papers of Brigadier P J V Kelly". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
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