| 词条 | William Pollexfen Radcliffe |
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|name=Sir William Pollexfen Radcliffe |birth_date=22 December 1822 |death_date={{d-da|23 March 1897|22 December 1822}} |birth_place=Warleigh House, Devon |death_place=Mortimer Common, Berkshire |placeofburial= |image=Major William Pollexfen Radcliffe.jpg |caption=William Pollexfen Radcliffe |nickname= |allegiance={{UK}} |serviceyears= |rank=General |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |commands=Eastern District |unit= |battles=Crimean War |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |laterwork= }} General Sir William Pollexfen Radcliffe {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (22 December 1822 – 23 March 1897) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District. Military careerRadcliffe was commissioned as an ensign in the 20th Regiment of Foot on 12 March 1841.[1] After serving in Bermuda and Canada, he fought at the Battle of Alma in September 1854, the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 and the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854 as well as the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War.[1] He went on to be Inspector-General of Musketry of Hythe in January 1873 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in October 1878.[2] He was promoted full general on 1 April 1887.[3] He was also Colonel of the Royal Berkshire Regiment from 1891 to 1894, when he transferred to be Colonel of the Lancashire Fusiliers until his death.[4][5] References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/HomeService-ColWilliamPollexfenRadcliffe20thFoot.html|title=Colonel Sir William Pollexfen Radcliffe|publisher=Soldiers of the Queen|accessdate=24 November 2015}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Richard Kelly}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC Eastern District|years=1878–1882}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Henry Clifford}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Radcliffe, William Pollexfen}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=23 November 2015}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=Haydn's Book of Dignities (1890)|page= 907}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=26263|date=1 March 1892|page=1201}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/020LancF.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103225102/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/020LancF.htm|title=The Lancashire Fusiliers [UK]|archivedate=3 January 2006|publisher=|accessdate=2 January 2016}} 5 : British Army generals|1822 births|1897 deaths|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Lancashire Fusiliers officers |
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