William Pollexfen Radcliffe Explained

Sir William Pollexfen Radcliffe
Birth Date:22 December 1822
Birth Place:Warleigh House, Devon
Death Place:Mortimer Common, Berkshire
Rank:General
Commands:Eastern District
Battles:Crimean War
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir William Pollexfen Radcliffe (22 December 1822 – 23 March 1897) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.

Military career

Radcliffe 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colonel Sir William Pollexfen Radcliffe. Soldiers of the Queen. 24 November 2015.
  2. Web site: Army Commands. 23 November 2015.
  3. Book: Haydn's Book of Dignities (1890). 907.
  4. Web site: The Lancashire Fusiliers [UK]]. https://web.archive.org/web/20060103225102/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/020LancF.htm. 3 January 2006. 2 January 2016.