Philip James Vandeleur Kelly

Sir Philip James Vandeleur Kelly KCMG, DSO (1897-1948) was a cavalry officer and a brigadier-general of the British Army.

Kelly of Castle Connell, County Limerick, Ireland graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 3 May 1898 and joined the 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars as a second lieutenant. He was seconded to the Egyptian Army and as a captain was awarded the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class. This was followed by a second foreign award the Order of the Nile, Third Class on 20 June 1916. As a lieutenant-colonel he was given command of the Anglo Egyptian Darfur Expedition and following its successful conclusion was awarded a British Distinguished Service Order, and made a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George both in 1917.

He next served as the brigade commander of both the 5th Mounted and the 13th Cavalry Brigades, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. His last military post was as commanding officer of the 14th West Riding Battalion, Home Guard during the Second World War. Philip James Vadeleur Kelly died in 1949.