Sir Philip James Vandeleur Kelly KCMG, DSO (1897-1948) was a cavalry officer and a brigadier-general of the British Army. Kelly of Castle Connell, County Limerick, Ireland graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 3 May 1898 and joined the 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars as a second lieutenant. He was seconded to the Egyptian Army and as a captain was awarded the Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class. This was followed by a second foreign award the Order of the Nile, Third Class on 20 June 1916. As a lieutenant-colonel he was given command of the Anglo Egyptian Darfur Expedition and following its successful conclusion was awarded a British Distinguished Service Order, and made a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George both in 1917.