William Cleeve

William Cleeve
William Cleeve
Born	24 January 1853; Barbados, Lesser Antilles
Died	31 January 1922 (aged 69); Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Place of burial	Llanfrechfa, Wales
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1873 – 1918
Rank	Major-General
Commands	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Battles / wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War; World War I
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 became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Military career

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 World War I.^[2]

Cleeve was appointed as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1916.^[5]

In 1894, he married Gwladys Elizabeth Mitchell.^[6]

^ 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.

Military offices
Preceded by Arthur Holland	Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 1914–1918	Succeeded by Geoffrey White