Edward Aldrich
British Army engineer (1802–1857) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Colonel Edward Aldrich (30 December 1802 – 23 November 1857) was a British military engineer, architect and surveyor of the Corps of Royal Engineers who carried out the first detailed survey of Palestine together with John Symonds, RE.[4]
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Edward Aldrich | |
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Born | (1802-12-30)30 December 1802 |
Died | 24 November 1857(1857-11-24) (aged 54)[1] Marylebone, London |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | Board of Ordnance |
Years of Service | 1826–1854[1]: 24 |
Rank | Colonel |
Service number | 591[1] |
Unit | Corps of Royal Engineers |
Commands held | Spain, 1839 CRE, Syria, 1840–41 CRE, Hong Kong, 1843–47[1] |
Campaigns | First Carlist War, 1839
Syrian War, 1840–41
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Awards | Naval General Service Medal (1847), 'Syria'[3] |
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