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John Wellesley Thomas

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224: 229: 645: 219: 722:. He was present at the action of Maharajpur when he was severely wounded. His decorations for those engagements included the clasps "Kandahar, Kabul, Ghuznee" and the bronze star for Maharajpur. In 1854, he commanded detachments in the operations in Australia against 699:(22 May 1822 – 6 February 1908) was a distinguished British military officer who served in Afghanistan, Australia, and China. He was the commander of the British military and police forces that quelled the rebellion at the 1607: 1602: 750:. This was his last active service. He was promoted to major general in 1877, and retired in 1881 with the honorary rank of lieutenant general. In 1882, he was appointed to the colonelcy of the 1302: 1597: 1023: 1577: 674: 1572: 33: 476: 1295: 1016: 1612: 1592: 755: 695: 168: 1632: 1587: 1582: 1288: 124: 1627: 1406: 1009: 667: 471: 1541: 1523: 1447: 1422: 1269: 1251: 1162: 1137: 438: 338: 1391: 1241: 1188: 687: 584: 458: 378: 114: 1437: 1157: 1068: 739: 550: 383: 1365: 1317: 1116: 1078: 660: 418: 1536: 1264: 1201: 599: 247: 1048: 363: 1226: 1040: 1032: 589: 323: 257: 252: 742:. Two years later, when being promoted to colonel, he commanded the 67th Regiment and a brigade at the second capture of 1216: 614: 368: 1617: 1211: 1206: 943: 731: 609: 604: 1442: 1058: 413: 1622: 1432: 1350: 1152: 1101: 525: 348: 1221: 983: 624: 594: 993: 32: 1360: 1178: 735: 466: 173: 777:
Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1905).
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Thomas died on 8 February 1908, and was buried at Kensal Green, London.
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and was wounded when in command of a half-battalion attacking the
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Bath, Somerset
Kensal Green Cemetery
British Army
Lieutenant-General
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
First Anglo-Afghan War
Eureka Rebellion
Second Opium War
Taiping Rebellion
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches
Hampshire Regiment
Eureka Rebellion
Eureka Flag
Union Jack

Timeline
Military leaders
Siege
Origins
Australian gold rushes
Chartism
Revolutions of 1848
Thomas Hiscock
Victorian gold rush
The Eureka Rebellion
Anti-Gold Licence Association
Ballarat Reform League
Bendigo Petition

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