Henry Greer | |
Honorific Suffix: | CB |
Birth Name: | Henry Harpur Greer |
Birth Date: | 24 February 1821 |
Birth Place: | Moy, County Tyrone, Ireland |
Death Place: | Moy, County Tyrone, Ireland |
Allegiance: | British Empire |
Branch: | British Army |
Rank: | Lieutenant General |
Commands: | 68th Regiment of Foot (Durham) |
Battles: | Tauranga Campaign |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General Henry Harpur Greer CB (24 February 1821 – 27 March 1886) was an Irish officer who served in the British Army during the Victorian era. During the New Zealand Wars, he commanded the 68th Durham Regiment of Foot during the Tauranga Campaign, and commanded the entirety of the British forces at the Battle of Te Ranga.[1] [2]