Harold Kingsley
| Brigadier Harold Kingsley CIE DSO | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 December 1885 |
| Died | 15 April 1970 (aged 84) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army British India |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Awards | CIE DSO |
Brigadier Harold Evelyn William Bell Kingsley CIE DSO (23 December 1885 - 15 April 1970) was Commandant of the Indian Military Academy (1936-1939) and Aide-de-camp to King George VI.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
Harold Evelyn William Bell Kingsley was born 23 December 1885 in Nenagh, Ireland.[5] He was the son of Col. William Henry Bell Kingsley CB[6] and his wife, Mrs Kingsley, of River View, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1][4]
Career
After Sandhurst, Kingsley joined the Indian Army.[7] He was appointed Captain on 18 January 1914 and Major on 18 January 1920.[7] During World War I, Kingsley served in Mesopotamia (1916–18) and in the Balkans (1918).[1] He served in Russia, and Trans-Caspia (1919), the Black Sea and Turkey (1919-20) and Waziristan (1921–24).[1] He was made Colonel in 1933.[1]
Kingsley was Deputy Military Secretary, Army Headquarters, India (1933–36).[1][8] He was Commandant of the Indian Military Academy between 1936 and 1939 and ADC to the King (1938–39).[1][9] He retired in 1939.[1][10]
Awards and honours
Kingsley was mentioned in despatches during World War I and on service in Waziristan (1921-24).[1] He was made DSO in 1917 and CIE in 1939.[1]
Personal life
Kinglsey was a member of the Army and Navy Club.[1] In 1926 he married Hon. Olive Mary Kitson, daughter of James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale; they lived at Warnford House, Warnford, Hampshire.[1][11] There were no children from the marriage and Kingsley died in Hampshire on 15 April 1970.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "KINGSLEY, Harold (Evelyn William Bell) (1885 - 1970), late 4th The Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles". oup.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ "Great Britain and the East". google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ The Times, 14 January 1939
- 1 2 Kelly’s Handbook To The Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1962, Published by Kelly’s Directories Limited 1962
- ↑ "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ "KINGSLEY, William Henry Bell (1835 - 1901), JP for County Tipperary". oup.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- 1 2 "The Half-Yearly Army List for the Period Ending 31st December 1938". Mocavo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34014/page/318/data.pdf
- ↑ "The Half-Yearly Army List for the Period Ending 31st December 1938". Mocavo. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34755/supplement/8389/data.pdf
- ↑ Obituary of Hon. Mrs Harold Kingsley, The Times, 17 June 1964