Alfred Kennedy (British Army officer)


Alfred Alexander Kennedy was a British Army officer.

Military career

Kennedy was commissioned into the 3rd The King's Own Hussars on 10 October 1891. He 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 Hundred Days Offensive. After the war he served as a Military Governor in Occupied German Territory and then became General Officer Commanding the 49th Infantry Division 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.