Thomas James Galloway
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General Thomas James Galloway (c. 1806 – 1881) was a senior officer in the British Army.[1]
He joined the Army as an ensign in 1821 and was promoted lieutenant (1825) and then captain (1827). In command of a detachment of the
33rd Foot he was active in Jamaica during the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt
of 1831–32.
He rose further through the ranks to Major (1842), Lieutenant Colonel (1848) and Colonel (1854). With the rank of brigadier he commanded the Peshawar brigade during the
70th Foot where he was promoted major-general (1863) and commanded the Colonial Forces in Auckland Province until 1865 during the armed struggles
.
He was the Colonel of the
The East Surrey Regiment. He died at the home of his brother-in-law Rev. George Garrett at Kilmeague, co. Kildare in Ireland on 15 September 1881.[3]
References
- ^ "General Thomas James Galloway 1874 - 1881". Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (or the Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "The Illustrated London News NZ content between the years 1842 -1902". No. September 1881. Illustrated London News. Retrieved 1 April 2019.