Charles Harvey-Kelly

Charles Hamilton Grant Hume Harvey-Kelly
Born 1885
Died 1982
co Westmeath, Ireland
Allegiance  Ireland United Kingdom
Years of service 1905–1928
Rank Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit 127th Baluch Light Infantry
Awards DSO
Mentioned in Despatches

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Grant Hume Harvey-Kelly DSO (1885–1982) was Military Attaché to Kabul (1924–26).[1] He was brother to H.D. Harvey-Kelly, the first RFC pilot to land in France in the First World War.

Harvey-Kelly was educated at Bedford Modern School and Sandhurst.[2] He was commissioned in 1905 and appointed to the Indian Army in 1906 where he served in East Africa (Somaliland) between 1908 and 1910. Harvey-Kelly served with the Indian Contingent at the Coronation of King George VI in 1911.[2]

During World War I he fought on the North West frontier[3] (having been ill when his unit was shipped to the Western Front). He was mentioned in despatches three times, was made a Brevet Major and was awarded the DSO in June 1919.[4][5] In 1926 Harvey-Kelly was awarded the MacGregor Memorial Medal for military reconnaissances and journeys of exploration.[2]

Military career

1905: Commissioned a 2nd lieutenant on 18 January 1905
1906: Posted to the 127th Baluch Light Infantry and becomes a Double Company Officer, part of the Indian Army[6]
1907: Promoted to Lieutenant on 19 April 1907[7]
1911: Company officer & adjutant
1914: Promoted to Captain on 18 January 1914
1917: becomes a Brevet Major on 3 June 1917
1919: Awarded the DSO [4]
1920: Promoted to Major on 18 January 1920[8]
1928: retires the Indian Army, and promoted Lieutenant Colonel on retirement

Later life

Harvey-Kelly later retired to his native Ireland, eventually settling in Clonhugh, Co. Westmeath where he died in 1982.

References

  1. ↑ Who’s Who 1935, Published by A&C Black Ltd, 1935
  2. 1 2 3 Who’s Who, 1935, Published by A&C Black Limited 1935
  3. ↑ "Report on the work carried out by the Makran Mission Escort by Captain Harvey-Kelly, the...". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Page 11458 - Supplement 31547, 9 September 1919 - London Gazette - The Gazette". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Military Archive
  6. ↑ Indian Army List January 1908
  7. ↑ Indian Army List January 1908
  8. ↑ Indian Army List April 1923
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