Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Major-General_Sir_George_Pomeroy_Colley
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
gptkbp:birthDate 1835-11-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Mount_Prospect_Cemetery,_Natal,_South_Africa
gptkbp:causeOfDeath killed in action
gptkbp:commanded British forces at the Battle of Majuba Hill
gptkbp:deathDate 1881-02-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Majuba_Hill,_South_Africa
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
gptkb:Addiscombe_Military_Seminary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Major-General
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:First_Boer_War
gptkb:Anglo-Zulu_War
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Henry_Colley
gptkbp:relative Duke of Wellington (distant relative)
gptkbp:serviceNumber gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Laing's_Nek
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7