John Craufurd (c.1725–1764 ) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1764. Craufurd was the seventh...
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Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a British officer. After a military career which took him from India to the Netherlands...
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Glasgow Burghs John Craufurd (British Army officer) (c. 1725–1764), member of parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed John Crawford (disambiguation) John Crawfurd...
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General James Robertson Craufurd (1804–1888) was a senior British Army officer. Crauford was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. He was commander of...
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local militia and Spanish colonial army, in which half of the British forces were killed or wounded, the British were forced to capitulate and withdraw...
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general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other...
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Marshal Sir George Howard KB, PC (17 June 1718 – 16 July 1796) was a British military officer and politician. After commanding the 3rd Regiment of Foot at the...
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Major General Sir George Elder KCB (died 3 December 1836) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars, in the South American Expedition...
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joined the army, possibly the 134th Foot. In October 1798 he was an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards. In 1799 Holland accompanied Robert Craufurd who had been...
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Major General Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone, VC, KCB, CMG (12 December 1829 – 8 March 1890) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria...
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retreat. Later in 1809 the famous Light Division was formed, and with Craufurd he was present at all the actions of 1810–1811, being severely wounded...
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Frederick Compton Cavendish (5 November 1789 – 5 April 1873) was a British Army officer, politician and courtier. Cavendish was born in Westminster, the...
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General James Murray, Burton was made brigadier (commander) of the army in the new British province of Quebec. He was also made Colonel of the 3rd Foot (the...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Gregan Craufurd GCB (12 February 1763 – 26 March 1821) was a British soldier. He was born in Golden Square, London, the...
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James Shaw Kennedy (redirect from James Shaw (British Army officer, 19th century))
adjutant of his now famous regiment at the Battle of Talavera. As Robert Craufurd's aide-de-camp during 1809 and 1810, Shaw was on the staff of the Light...
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Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson (8 February 1773 – 10 April 1841), was a Scottish officer in the British Army and a Member of Parliament for the constituencies...
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General Sir John Whitelocke was sent from Britain to take command in the region, arriving at the same time as Major General Robert Craufurd, whose destination...
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Britain until the 1741 British general election, when he was defeated by Patrick Craufurd, an anti-Walpole politician supported by John Campbell, 2nd Duke...
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Harry Tuzo (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
Troubles. Harry Craufurd Tuzo was born in Bangalore, India, on 26 August 1917, the son of John Atkinson Tuzo, a British Army officer and civil engineer...
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generals in the British Army since the Acts of Union 1707. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the...
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Alexander Cameron KCB (1781–26 July 1850) was a Scottish general officer of the British Army, known for his service in the Rifle Brigade. Cameron was a younger...
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This is a list of British Army officers who received sovereign's awards for their services during the Napoleonic Wars, comprising the period 1803 to 1815...
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John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, GCB, PC, FRS (27 June 1786 – 3 June 1869), known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was an English politician...
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Light Division (redirect from Craufurd's Light Division)
Mackinnon and Craufurd. The victory was somewhat marred when the British rank and file thoroughly sacked the city, despite the efforts of their officers. Following...
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Elphinstone (surname) (category Use British English from December 2015)
Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC (1829–1890), British Army general James Elphinstone (disambiguation), several people John Elphinstone (1722–1785), British naval...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet (1789 – 5 June 1834) was a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army (1828). Fraser, who was born in...
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Capture of Belle Île (category Battles involving Great Britain)
During British rule there were three governors or administrators: The first governor was John Craufurd, who was born in 1722. Son of Patrick Craufurd a merchant...
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1793–1815, and includes British general officers who were serving in the British Army or attached to the allied Portuguese Army. Officers of the rank of colonel...
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Christopher Chowne (redirect from Christopher Tilson (British Army officer))
Christopher Tilson-Chowne, was a British Army officer most notable for his service in the Peninsular War. He joined the army in 1788 and after periods of...
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General William Loftus (1752 – 15 July 1831) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament. Loftus was born at Raynham in Norfolk early in 1752 and...
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