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Sir John Noble Kennedy
Born(1893-08-31)31 August 1893
Died15 June 1970(1970-06-15) (aged 76)
Broxmouth House, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1911–1946
RankMajor-General
UnitRoyal Artillery
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross

Major-General Sir John Noble Kennedy GCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC (31 August 1893 – 15 June 1970) was a senior British Army officer who served as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.

Military career

Kennedy joined the Royal Navy in 1911 and then transferred to the Royal Artillery at the start of World War I in 1914 going on to see action in France, Flanders and Egypt.[1] He was appointed Deputy Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1938.[1] He also served in World War II as Director of Plans at the War Office from 1939, Commander Royal Artillery for 52nd Division from early 1940 and as Director of Military Operations at the War Office from later that year.[1] He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff in October 1943 until February 1945.[2]

He was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1947 to 1953.[1]

Family

In 1926 Kennedy married Isabella Rosamond Georgiana Joicey-Cecil (1901–1941).[3] Kennedy married Catherine Fordham (1905–1969) in 1941; on 2 January 1939 Catherine Fordham had been appointed Lady-in-Waiting to Her Royal Highness Princess Helena Victoria (1870–1948) of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Kennedy, Sir John Noble (1893-1970), Major General". King's College London, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  2. ^ Mackie, Colin (2011). "Senior Army Appointments" (PDF). gulabin.com. p. 15. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. III (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 3495. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  4. ^ Fordham, Catherine (21 January 1939). "Princess's New Lady-in-Waiting". The Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Southern Rhodesia
1947-1953 		Succeeded by
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