John Utterson-Kelso
John Edward Utterson-Kelso was a British Army officer.Military career
Educated at Haileybury College, Utterson-Kelso was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 4 September 1912 and saw service during the First World War for which he was awarded the Military Cross.
Utterson-Kelso became an instructor at the Small Arms School in 1928, commander of the Lines of Communications Troops in Palestine and Transjordan in 1936 and commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment in 1937. He went on to be commander 131st Infantry Brigade in November 1939 and landed in France on 3 April 1940 to join the British Expeditionary Force. After taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation, he served as General Officer Commanding 47th Infantry Division from April 1941 until April 1942. He then served as head of the infantry branch of the Directorate of Military Training at Headquarters Home Forces until January 1944. He became General Officer Commanding 76th Infantry Division in March 1944 before returning to his role as General Officer Commanding 47th Infantry Division in September 1944; he remained in that role until the end of the war.
