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Sir Richard Denis Kelly
Colonel Richard Denis Kelly
Colonel Richard Denis Kelly, circa 1855
Born 9 March 1815
Died 1897
Place of birth Ceylon
Place of death Earley, Berkshire
Buried at St Peter's Churchyard, Earley
Allegiance Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army British Army
Rank General
Commands held Cork District
Eastern District
Battles/wars Crimean War
Indian Rebellion
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Denis Kelly KCB (9 March 1815 – 1897) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.

Military career[]

Kelly was commissioned into the 49th (Royal Berkshire) Regiment of Foot in 1834. He became commanding officer of 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and, in that capacity, was wounded and taken prisoner at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. He also took part in the Siege of Cawnpore in June 1857, the Siege of Lucknow in Autumn 1857 and the relief of Azimghur in April 1858 during the Indian Rebellion.[1] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Cork District in April 1874 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in April 1877.[2]

He was also colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1886 to 1889[3] and colonel of the Border Regiment from 1889 to his death in 1897.[4]

He was buried at St Peter's Churchyard in Earley, Berkshire.[5]

References[]

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Edward Greathed
GOC Eastern District
1877–1878
Succeeded by
William Pollexfen Radcliffe
Preceded by
Alexander MacDonnell
Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment
1886–1889
Succeeded by
George Frederick Stevenson Call
Preceded by
Alexander Maxwell
Colonel of the Border Regiment
1889–1897
Succeeded by
Sir Henry Charles Barnston Daubeney
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