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词条 John Garvock
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  1. Military career

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General Sir John Garvock {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB}} (1817– 10 November 1878) was a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1860s.

Military career

Garvoch was commissioned into the 10th Regiment of Foot in 1835.[2] By 1839 he was serving as an Adjutant in the 10th Regiment of Foot.[3] He went on to command 2nd Infantry Brigade at Shorncliffe in October 1860 and 1st Infantry Brigade at Dover in July 1861.[4]

In 1863 he took command of the Eusufzye Field Force, a formation which conducted a foray against Hindustani tribesmen in Umbela (now Ambela) in the North West Frontier during what is now known as the Ambela Campaign.[5] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District in England in October 1866 and General Officer Commanding Southern District in July 1877.[4]

He was subsequently Colonel of the 89th Foot[6] and then the 10th Foot.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=Modern English Biography: A-H|date=1892|publisher=Netherton and Worth|page=1825|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIVmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA1825|accessdate=31 August 2016|language=en}}
2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=19303|page=1676|date=4 September 1835}}
3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=19809|page=2722|date=31 December 1839}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |title=Army Commands |accessdate=21 November 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf |archivedate= 4 March 2016 |df= }}
5. ^Historical Dictionary of the British Empire Volume 1, Page 32
6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=23676|page=4773|date=8 November 1870}}
7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=24072|page=1526|date=6 March 1874}}
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|-{{s-bef|before=Sir Charles Hastings Doyle}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC Southern District|years=1877–1878}}{{s-aft|after=Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar}}
|-{{succession box | before=Charles Gascoyne | title=Colonel of the 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot | years=1870–1874 | after=Caledon Richard Egerton}}{{succession box | before=Sir Sidney John Cotton | title=Colonel of the 10th (the North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot | years=1874–1878 | after=Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Garvock, John}}

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