Charles Kavanagh

Sir Charles Kavanagh
Born	25 March 1864
Died	11 October 1950
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 1st Army Corps Cavalry Corps
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
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

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] He served in the Second Boer War as Commanding Officer of the 10th Royal Hussars and went on to be Commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot Command in 1909.^[1] He fought in World War I 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 1st Army Corps from 1916 and then 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. ^ ^{a b c d e} The Peerage.com
2. ^ ^{a b c} Boer War

Military offices
Preceded by Thomas Morland	General Officer Commanding the 5th Division 1915–1916	Succeeded by Reginald Stephens