Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley

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British Army officer colonial administrator human major general

Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership and death during the First Boer War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
major general ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
birthCountry Ireland ⓘ
birthDate 1835-10-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Dublin ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Prospect Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
conflict First Boer War ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
deathCountry South African Republic ⓘ
deathDate 1881-02-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Majuba Hill ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
surface form: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
familyName Colley ⓘ
genre military strategy ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor command in the First Boer War ⓘ
death at the Battle of Majuba Hill ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
middleName Pomeroy ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
militaryUnit 32nd Regiment of Foot ⓘ
95th Regiment of Foot ⓘ
monarchDuringService Queen Victoria ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Majuba Hill ⓘ
notableWork military dispatches from the First Boer War ⓘ
occupation colonial governor ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
partOf British Empire military history ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of British forces in Natal ⓘ
Governor of Natal ⓘ
High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
relative Henry Colley ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Natal ⓘ
servedIn Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Anglo-Ashanti Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Anglo-Ashanti War
serviceEnd 1881 ⓘ
serviceStart 1852 ⓘ

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Battle of Laing's Nek → commander → Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley ⓘ