Gerald Kellett
{{Short description|British Army general}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Gerald Kellett
|birth_date=24 October 1905
|death_date=6 July 1973 (aged 67)
|birth_place= Plymouth, Devon1911 England Census
|death_place= Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
|serviceyears=1925–1961
|rank= Major general
|branch= 23px British Army
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|unit=Royal Artillery
|battles=Second World War
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Major General Gerald Kellett CB CBE (24 October 1905 – 6 July 1973) was a senior British Army officer.
Biography
Born on 24 October 1905, Gerald Kellett was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1925. He served during the Second World War and was appointed as Director of the Inspectorate of Armaments, between 1954 and 1956, and Director General of Artillery at the War Office, between 1957 and 1960.[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U156294/KELLETT_Maj.-Gen._Gerald?index=6&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0 Who's Who]
Major General Gerald Kellett was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1957,{{cite web |date=1 January 1957 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40960/supplement/7/data.pdf |title=Supplement to the London Gazette |page=7}} and as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1959.{{cite web |date=13 June 1959 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41727/supplement/3699/data.pdf |title=Supplement to the London Gazette |page=3699}} He retired from the British Army in January 1961 and died on 6 July 1973.
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