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Charles Walker Robinson

1836 – 1924

British soldier

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Lived 1836 – 1924 (aged 87–88). Charles Walker Robinson was a British soldier.

Major-General Sir Charles Walker Robinson, (3 April 1836 – 20 May 1924) was a British North American-born British Army officer and writer on military subjects.

Born in Toronto, Upper Canada, the son of John Beverley Robinson, he attended Trinity College, before joining the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade). He fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, then the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, then the Anglo-Zulu War. He became a Major-General in 1892. He was Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, and a Lieutenant-Governor of Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Works Life of Sir John Beverley Robinson (1904) Canada and Canadian defence: the defensive policy of the Dominion in relation to the character of her frontier, the events of the War of 1812–14, and her position to-day (1910) Wellington's campaigns, Peninsula—Waterloo, 1808-15; also Moore's campaign of Corunna (1914)

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1836
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Trinity College
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Also known as
Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles Walker Robinson, Sir Charles Walker Robinson, C. W. Robinson

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Who was Charles Walker Robinson?

British soldier (1836–1924)

When was Charles Walker Robinson born?

Charles Walker Robinson was born in 1836.

When did Charles Walker Robinson die?

Charles Walker Robinson died on 20 May 1924.

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Charles Walker Robinson was a soldier.

What nationality was Charles Walker Robinson?

Charles Walker Robinson was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Charles Walker Robinson

· Wikidata: Q16944229

· DBpedia: Charles Walker Robinson

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