George Kelly (British Army officer)

Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,^[1] Kelly was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 11 November 1899.^[2] He was severely wounded at the Battle of the Tugela Heights in South Africa in February 1900 during the Second Boer War.^[3]

During the First World War he served as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps from September 1917 to March 1918^[4] when, towards the end of the month, he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general^[5] and became commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade.^[1] He led his brigade in the German spring offensive and Hundred Days Offensive, during which he was wounded again in September 1918.^[1]

He became commander of 15th Infantry Brigade in April 1932 and then became General Officer Commanding the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in September 1935 before his death in April 1938.^[6]