William Cleeve

Major-General
William Cleeve
CB JP
Born(1853-01-24)24 January 1853
Barbados, Lesser Antilles
Died31 January 1922(1922-01-31) (aged 69)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Burial place
Llanfrechfa, Wales
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Service years
1873–1918
Rank
Major-General
UnitRoyal Artillery
CommandsRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich
Conflicts
Second Anglo-Afghan War
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General William Frederick Cleeve, CB, JP (24 January 1853 – 31 January 1922) was a British Army officer who served as commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from 1914 to 1918.

Military career

Cleeve was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 29 April 1873. He served in Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80), was promoted to captain on 1 September 1882, to major on 12 February 1890, and to lieutenant-colonel on 3 January 1899. He was appointed Chief Instructor in Gunnery in 1901, and promoted to colonel on 3 January 1903. In 1914 he was appointed commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, holding that post throughout the First World War.

Cleeve was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1916.

Family

In 1894, Cleeve married Gwladys Elizabeth Mitchell.

References

  1. ↑ UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962
  2. 1 2 3 "Cleeve, William Frederick". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009.
  3. ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1904
  4. ↑ "No. 27513". The London Gazette. 6 January 1903. p. 110.
  5. ↑ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1916. p. 5554.
  6. ↑ Walford, Edward (1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London: R. Hardwicke. p. 269.