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Horatio Shirley is a member of the following lists: Officers of the Legion of Honour, Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford and British Army generals.
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| Birthday |
8th December, 1805
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| Birthplace |
London
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| Died |
8th April, 1879
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Military
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General Sir Horatio Shirley KCB (8 December 1805 – 8 April 1879) was a British general of the Victorian era. His disinclination for studies led his family to purchase him a commission in the Rifle Brigade in 1825; in 1833, he obtained a captaincy in the Connaught Rangers. He rose to become lieutenant-colonel commanding that regiment in 1848 and led it to the Crimean War in 1854. During the Siege of Sevastopol, Shirley supervised a successful attack on the Quarries in front of the Great Redan and received the CB and command of a brigade. Wounded in the Battle of the Great Redan, he returned home on leave and commanded troops in Great Britain and Ireland until 1861. Made a K.C.B. and a general in retirement, he became colonel of his old regiment before his death in 1879.
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