John Utterson-Kelso

John Utterson-Kelso
John Utterson-Kelso
Born	1893
Died	1972
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	2nd Bn, the Devonshire Regiment; 131st (Surrey) Infantry Brigade; 47th (London) Infantry Division
Battles/wars	First World War; Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order & Bar; Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Military Cross & Bar

Major-General John Edward Utterson-Kelso CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, MC & Bar (1893–1972) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Haileybury College,[1] Utterson-Kelso was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 4 September 1912[2] and saw service during the First World War for which he was awarded the Military Cross.[3]

Utterson-Kelso became an instructor at the Small Arms School in 1928, commander of the Lines of Communications Troops in Palestine and Transjordan in 1936 and commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment in 1937.[1] He went on to be commander 131st (Surrey) Infantry Brigade in November 1939 and landed in France on 3 April 1940 to join the British Expeditionary Force.[4] After taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation,[5] he served as General Officer Commanding 47th (London) Infantry Division from April 1941 until April 1942.[6] He then served as head of the infantry branch of the Directorate of Military Training at Headquarters Home Forces until January 1944.[7] He became General Officer Commanding 76th Infantry Division in March 1944[8] before returning to his role as General Officer Commanding 47th (London) Infantry Division in September 1944; he remained in that role until the end of the war.[6]

References

"John Utterson-Kelso". DNW. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
"No. 28641". The London Gazette. 3 September 1912. p. 6537.
"No. 13033". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1917. p. 42.
Fraser, David (1983). And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War. Cassell military. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-304-35233-3.
"Queen's in the Middle East". Queen's Royal Surreys. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
"Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Place, Timothy Harrison (2000). Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day. Routledge. p. 7. ISBN 978-0714650371.
Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1990]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1., p. 99

Military offices
Preceded by Clifford Malden	GOC 47th (London) Infantry Division 1941–1942	Succeeded by Gerald Templer
Preceded by Colin Callander	GOC 76th Infantry Division March 1944 – September 1944	Succeeded by Division Disbanded
Preceded by Alfred Robinson	GOC 47th (London) Infantry Division 1944–1945	Succeeded by Division Disbanded

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[dnw-1] "John Utterson-Kelso". DNW. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[2] "No. 28641". The London Gazette. 3 September 1912. p. 6537.

[3] "No. 13033". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1917. p. 42.

[4] Fraser, David (1983). And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War. Cassell military. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-304-35233-3.

[5] "Queen's in the Middle East". Queen's Royal Surreys. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

[commands-6] "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[7] Place, Timothy Harrison (2000). Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day. Routledge. p. 7. ISBN 978-0714650371.

[8] Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1990]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1., p. 99