William Cleeve

Major-General William Frederick Cleeve (24 January 1853 – 31 January 1922) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Military career
Cleeve was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 29 April 1873. He served in Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80), was promoted to captain on 1 September 1882, to major on 12 February 1890, and to 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 World War I.

Cleeve was appointed as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1916.

Family
In 1894, he married Gwladys Elizabeth Mitchell.