Английская Википедия:Edward Keane (British Army officer)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox person Colonel Edward Keane (1785Шаблон:Snd2Шаблон:NbspNovember 1866) was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic era who saw service during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign.

Life

He was the third son of Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet by Sarah, daughter of John Kelly, and brother of John Keane, 1st Baron Keane.Шаблон:Sfn

Kene joined the British Army on the 1Шаблон:NbspDecember 1803 and was promoted to lieutenant on 21Шаблон:NbspNovember 1804. He served on the expedition to North Germany in 1805 and subsequently in the Peninsular War under Sir John Moore and from November 1813 under the Marquis of Wellington.Шаблон:Sfn

For his service during the Peninsular War he received the Silver Medal with clasps for Corruna, Nive, Orthes and Toulouse.[1]

During the Waterloo Campaign he was aide-de-camp to Sir Hussey Vivian whose wife was a relative of Keane.[2] At the Battle of Waterloo he was a captain in the 7th Hussars under Lord Uxbridge, being promoted to major after the battle.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

He retired as a lieutenant-colonel on half-pay on 29Шаблон:NbspMarch 1833.Шаблон:Sfn

Keane was subsequently reappointed to the Grenadier Guards and retired as a colonel in 1838.Шаблон:Sfn

He died aged 81 on 2Шаблон:NbspNovember 1866 at Westerfield House, Worthing.[3]

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