Brigadier-General Raymond Theodore Pelly
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
- Brigadier-General (British Army).
- Lieutenant-Colonel, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army). 1916-08-03 to 1916-11-01
- Major, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army). 1914-08-12 to 1916-08-03
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Son of Raymond Percy Pelly and Alice Scaffalitzki Pelly (nee Larkns); husband of Moriet Elsie Maxwell Pelly (nee Creagh)
Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in August 1914 [an original]. Appointed Major August 1914. Assumed command May 14, 1915. Lieutenant Colonel June 14, 1915. Struck off strength to command the 8th Battalion Royal Irish, December 15, 1915. Resumed command of the P.P.C.L.I. August 3, 1916 and commanded during operations on the Somme, September and October 1916. Detached to general list as Instructor Commanding Officers' Courses at Aldershot November 1, 1916. Subsequently Brigadier Commanding 91st British Infantry Brigade on Western and Italian fronts.
Also became a Lieutenant Colonel with Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Medal card of Pelly, Raymond Theodore.
[Major Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Lieutenant-Colonel Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Brigadier-General British Army British Infantry 91st Brigade ]