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Pages in category "British military personnel killed in the American Revolutionary War" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This category includes individuals who died from any cause attributable to the American Revolutionary War, including disease, which was the primary killer. Military personnel who were killed in action or died of wounds received in battle are in the subcategory Category:Military personnel killed in the American Revolutionary War .
John Ross (1744–1809) was a British Army officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.He is best known for commanding a mixed force of approximately 600 [1] (some sources say 1750 [2]) regulars, Loyalists, and Indians in a raid into upstate New York on October 24, 1781 that culminated in the Battle of Johnstown, one of the last battles in the northern theater of the ...
This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war Boston campaign (1775–1776) Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776) New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777) Saratoga campaign (1777) Philadelphia campaign (1777 ...
Hugh Mercer (January 16, 1726 – January 12, 1777) was a Scottish brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He fought in the New York and New Jersey campaign and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton. He was born in Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and studied medicine at the University of ...
On 30 April 1782, the War Office notified Sir Guy Carleton, Commander in Chief of British forces in North America, that due to the death of Lieutenant General Fraser, the two battalions of the 71st were to be formed into two distinct units, the 71st Regiment under the command of Colonel Thomas Stirling of the 42nd Regiment, and the Second 71st Regiment under the command of the Earl of ...
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
People of the American Revolutionary War who were killed in action or died of wounds received in battle. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.