Charles Kavanagh
| Sir Charles Kavanagh | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Pictured as Adjutant to the 6th Yeomanry Brigade in 1899. | |
| Born | 25 March 1864 |
| Died | 11 October 1950 (aged 86) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
10th Royal Hussars 1st Cavalry Brigade 7th Cavalry Brigade 2nd Cavalry Division 5th Infantry Division Cavalry Corps |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order |
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Toler MacMorrough Kavanagh KCB KCMG CVO DSO (25 March 1864 - 11 October 1950) was a British Army officer who commanded the Cavalry Corps at the Battle of Amiens.
Military career
Born the son of Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, The MacMorrough and Mary Frances Forde-Leathley and educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College Sandhurst,[1] Kavanagh was commissioned into the 3rd Dragoon Guards in February 1884 and transferred to the 10th Royal Hussars two weeks later.[2]
On the 12 June 1895[3] he was appointed Adjutant to the 6th Yeomanry Brigade (Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry and Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry); this posting ended on 16 February 1903. He served in the Second Boer War as Commanding Officer of the 10th Royal Hussars, and was promoted to Major in January 1900,[4] and to brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1900.[5] After returning to the UK, he went on to be Commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1909.[1] He fought in the Great War as commander of the 7th Cavalry Brigade (part of the British Expeditionary Force) from 1914, as General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division from April 1915 and as General Officer Commanding 5th Division from July 1915.[2] After that he served as Commander of the Cavalry Corps from 1917 leading the Corps to success at the Battle of Amiens and remaining in post until the end of the War.[1] He retired in 1920.[1]
In retirement he became Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor.[1]
Family
In 1895 he married Mary Perry; they had two daughters.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 The Peerage.com
- 1 2 3 Boer War
- ↑ London Gazette, 11 June 1895, p. 3319
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27154. p. 287. 16 January 1900.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27359. p. 6305. 27 September 1901.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Morland |
General Officer Commanding the 5th Division 1915–1916 |
Succeeded by Reginald Stephens |