William Cleeve
William Frederick Cleeve, was a British Army officer who served as commandant of the Royal [Military Academy, Woolwich], from 1914 to 1918.
Military career
Cleeve was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant (British [Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant] on 29 April 1873. He served in Second Anglo-Afghan War, was promoted to captain on 1 September 1882, to major on 12 February 1890, and to colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel] on 3 January 1899. He was appointed Chief Instructor in Gunnery in 1901, and promoted to colonel on 3 January 1903. In 1914 he was appointed commandant of the Royal Military [Academy, Woolwich], holding that post throughout the First World War.Cleeve was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1916.