John Sherwood Kelly, VC CMG DSO (1880–1931), was a formidable and controversial soldier whose career spanned Britain’s colonial campaigns, the First World War, and the 1919 intervention in northern Russia. Celebrated for bravery yet notorious for his volatile temperament, he served at Gallipoli, the Somme, and Cambrai—earning the Victoria Cross for his role in the latter. His outspoken criticism of British policy in Russia led to a court martial and a public clash with Winston Churchill. This conscientiously, researched biography offers a succinct, incisive portrait of a remarkable and turbulent military figure.
