Major-General Sir John Noble Kennedy, GCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC (31 August 1893 – 15 June 1970) was a senior British Army officer who served as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II.

[3] He was awarded the Military Cross during his service, the citation for which reads: For conspicuous gallantry in action.

[4]He then served with the British Military Mission in South Russia during the Russian Civil War, for which he was mentioned in dispatches.

[5] After attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1921 to 1922 (returning there as an instructor from 1931−1934),[5] he was appointed Deputy Director of Military Operations at the War Office in 1938.

[3] He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff in October 1943 until February 1945.