William Cleeve
William Cleeve | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 January 1853[1] Barbados, Lesser Antilles |
| Died | 31 January 1922 (aged 69) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Buried | Llanfrechfa, Wales |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1873–1918 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Commands | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Battles / wars | Second Anglo-Afghan War First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General William Frederick Cleeve, CB, JP (24 January 1853 – 31 January 1922) was a British Army officer who served as commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from 1914 to 1918.
Military career
[edit]Cleeve was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 29 April 1873.[2] He served in Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80),[2] was promoted to captain on 1 September 1882, to major on 12 February 1890, and to lieutenant-colonel on 3 January 1899.[3] He was appointed Chief Instructor in Gunnery in 1901, and promoted to colonel on 3 January 1903.[4] In 1914 he was appointed commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, holding that post throughout the First World War.[2]
Cleeve was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1916.[5]
Family
[edit]In 1894, Cleeve married Gwladys Elizabeth Mitchell.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962
- ^ a b c "Cleeve, William Frederick". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009.
- ^ Hart′s Army list, 1904
- ^ "No. 27513". The London Gazette. 6 January 1903. p. 110.
- ^ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1916. p. 5554.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London: R. Hardwicke. p. 269.
External links
[edit]- 1853 births
- 1922 deaths
- British Army major generals
- British Army generals of World War I
- Commandants of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Royal Artillery officers
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- English justices of the peace
- British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War
- 19th-century British Army personnel