Catalogue description COLLEY, SIR GEORGE POMEROY (1835-1881)

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Title: COLLEY, SIR GEORGE POMEROY (1835-1881)
Description:

Born, 1835. Commissioned as Ensign, 1852. Commissioned as Captain in 1st Battalion, 1860. Served as Brigade Major, Western District, 1864-1871. Served as Aide de Camp to General Officer Commanding Southern District, 1870-1871. Commander of Transport, Ashanti Expedition, 1873-1874. Served as Private Secretary to Sir G Wolseley, Natal, Feb-Sep 1875. Served as Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Aldershot, Jan-Feb 1876. Served as Military Secretary to Viceroy of India, 1876-1878, and as Private Secretary to Viceroy of India, 1878-1880. Served as Chief of Staff, South Africa, Jul-Oct 1879. Served as Governor and Commander in Chief, Natal, and High Commissioner for South East Africa, 1880-1881. Killed in action at Majuiba Hill, Transvaal, 1881.
Date: 1880
Held by: Surrey History Centre, not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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