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Francis Clery
Major General Sir Cornelius Francis Clery (13 February 1838 – 25 June 1926) was a British Army officer who took part in the Anglo-Zulu War and later commanded the 2nd Division during the Second Boer War.
Early life.
Cornelius Frances Clery was born in 2 Sidney Place, Cork, Ireland on 13 February 1838. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare.
Military career.
Clery was commissioned as an ensign into the 32nd Regiment of Foot in 1858. He was
- 1897-1898    Charles Griffin / Francis Skeffington
- 1898-1899    Thomas M. Kettle
- 1899-1900    Arthur E. Clery
- 1900-1901    Hugh Kennedy
- 1901-1902    Robert Kinahan
- 1902-1903    William Dawson
- 1903-1904    John P. Doyle
- 1904-1905    Richard Sheehy
- 1905-1906    Thomas F. Bacon
- 1906-1907    Francis Cruise O'Brien
- 1907-1908    Maurice Healy
- 1908-1909