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John Moore was born in Glasgow, the son of John Moore, a doctor and writer, and the older brother of Admiral Sir Graham Moore.He attended Glasgow High School, but at the age of 11 joined his father and Douglas, the young 16-year-old 8th Duke of Hamilton (1756–1799), his father's pupil, on a grand tour of France, Italy and Germany.
Sir John Moore, named for General Sir John Moore, was laid down on 13 January 1915 at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's shipyard in Greenock. The ship was launched on 31 May and commissioned on 22 July. [4] Following the armistice in November 1918, Sir John Moore briefly served as a tender for the gunnery school. She was placed in ...
Portrait of Sir John Moore by Thomas Lawrence.Moore commanded the British forces at Corunna. In early October 1808, following the scandal in Britain over the Convention of Sintra and the recall of the generals Dalrymple, Burrard and Wellesley, Sir John Moore took command of the 30,000-man British force in Portugal. [14]
Portrait of Sir John Moore is a portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Lawrence of the Scottish army officer Sir John Moore, painted between 1800 and 1804. [1]Moore joined the army in 1776 during the American War of Independence and served in multiple subsequent campaigns.
HMS Prince Rupert: 2 × 12 in (30 cm) 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers 12 January 1915 May 1915 Sold for scrap 1923 HMS Sir John Moore: 2 × 12 in (30 cm) 6,150 long tons (6,250 t) 2 × shafts reciprocating steam engines 2 × boilers 13 January 1915 May 1915 Sold for scrap 1921 HMS General Wolfe
Shorncliffe Army Camp is a British Army installation near Cheriton in Kent, established in 1794.The camp, described as "the birthplace of the modern British Army", [1] previously consisted of Ross Barracks, Burgoyne Barracks, Somerset Barracks, Napier Barracks, Risborough Barracks and Sir John Moore Barracks, however, due to closures, the latter is all that remains in military use.
He also planned and executed the seaborne extraction of the 30,000 men of Sir John Moore's army trapped in Galicia. Cotton's plans allowed a fleet to transport to remove the vast majority of the army after they had defeated close French pursuit at the Battle of Corunna. Late in the year, Cotton was recalled to Britain. [1]
The site used to be known as RAF Flowerdown until 1986 when it was renamed Sir John Moore Barracks, after Lieutenant General Sir John Moore, and became the new depot for the Light Division when they moved from Peninsula Barracks, Winchester. [1] [2] The barracks went on to become the home of the Army Training Regiment, Winchester.