Richard Kelly (British Army officer)

Sir Richard Denis Kelly
Born 9 March 1815
Ceylon
Died 1897
Earley, Berkshire
Buried at St Peter's Churchyard, Earley
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Rank General
Commands held Cork District
Eastern District
Battles/wars Crimean War
Indian Rebellion
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Denis Kelly KCB (9 March 1815 – 1897) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.

Military career

Kelly was commissioned into the 49th (Royal Berkshire) Regiment of Foot in 1834. He became commanding officer of 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and, in that capacity, was wounded and taken prisoner at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. He also took part in the Siege of Cawnpore in June 1857, the Siege of Lucknow in Autumn 1857 and the relief of Azimghur in April 1858 during the Indian Rebellion.[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Cork District in April 1874 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in April 1877.[2]

He was also colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1886 to 1889[3] and colonel of the Border Regiment from 1889 to his death in 1897.[4]

He was buried at St Peter's Churchyard in Earley, Berkshire.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Fredrick Arthur (1973). Visitation of Ireland. p. 96.
  2. ↑ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Gretto, Lieutenant-Colonel G. le M. (2009). Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1684 to 1902. Naval and Military. p. 428. ISBN 978-1843422396.
  4. ↑ "Border Regiment". regiments.org. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sir Richard Denis Kelly". Find-a-grave. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Edward Greathed		 GOC Eastern District
1877–1878 		Succeeded by
William Pollexfen Radcliffe
Preceded by
Alexander MacDonnell		 Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment
1886–1889 		Succeeded by
George Frederick Stevenson Call
Preceded by
Alexander Maxwell		 Colonel of the Border Regiment
1889–1897 		Succeeded by
Sir Henry Charles Barnston Daubeney
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