William Cleeve

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.

William Cleeve
Born	(1853-01-24)24 January 1853[1] Barbados, Lesser Antilles
Died	31 January 1922(1922-01-31) (aged 69) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Buried	Llanfrechfa, Wales
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	1873–1918
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Royal Artillery
Commands	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Battles / wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War First World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Cleeve was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 29 April 1873.^[2] He served in Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80),^[2] was promoted to captain on 1 September 1882, to major on 12 February 1890, and to lieutenant-colonel on 3 January 1899.^[3] He was appointed Chief Instructor in Gunnery in 1901, and promoted to colonel on 3 January 1903.^[4] In 1914 he was appointed commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, holding that post throughout the First World War.^[2]

Cleeve was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1916.^[5]

Family

In 1894, Cleeve married Gwladys Elizabeth Mitchell.^[6]