| 词条 | Richard Kelly (British Army officer) |
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|name=Sir Richard Denis Kelly |birth_date=9 March 1815 |death_date= 1897 |birth_place=Ceylon |death_place=Earley, Berkshire |placeofburial=St Peter's Churchyard, Earley |image=Colonel Richard Denis Kelly.jpg |caption=Colonel Richard Denis Kelly, circa 1855 |nickname= |allegiance={{UK}} |serviceyears= |rank=General |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |commands=Cork District Eastern District |unit= |battles=Crimean War Indian Rebellion |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |laterwork= }} Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Denis Kelly KCB (9 March 1815 – 1897) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District. Military careerKelly 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] References1. ^{{cite book|title=Visitation of Ireland|first1=Joseph Jackson|last1=Howard|first2=Fredrick Arthur|last2=Crisp|year=1973|page=96}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Edward Greathed}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC Eastern District|years=1877–1878}}{{s-aft|after=William Pollexfen Radcliffe}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=23 November 2015}} 3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHG-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA428&lpg=PA428&dq=Sir+Richard+Denis+Kelly&source=bl&ots=WFTLpVOLhD&sig=YGMB40u83mQ8JLapGNkmj1EXbEc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAnfu-tqzJAhUKvxQKHTy2DR0Q6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&q=Sir%20Richard%20Denis%20Kelly&f=false|title=Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1684 to 1902|first=Lieutenant-Colonel G. le M. |last=Gretto|publisher=Naval and Military |year=2009|page=428|isbn=978-1843422396}} 4. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/034Bordr.htm|title= Border Regiment|publisher= regiments.org|accessdate= 18 October 2016|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070227212001/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/034Bordr.htm|archivedate= 27 February 2007|df= dmy-all}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32407047|title=Sir Richard Denis Kelly|publisher=Find-a-grave|accessdate=23 November 2015}} |-{{s-bef| before=Alexander MacDonnell}}{{s-ttl| title=Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment | years=1886–1889}}{{s-aft| after=George Frederick Stevenson Call }} |-{{s-bef| before=Alexander Maxwell}}{{s-ttl| title=Colonel of the Border Regiment | years=1889–1897}}{{s-aft| after=Sir Henry Charles Barnston Daubeney }}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Richard}} 5 : 1815 births|1897 deaths|49th Regiment of Foot officers|British Army generals|People of British Ceylon |
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