About Edward Ommanney
Lived 1834 – 1914 (aged 79). Edward Ommanney was a British military personnel.
Colonel Edward Lacon Ommanney CSI (24 August 1834 - 3 April 1914) was a British military officer active in India during the British Raj.
He was born in Cherrapunji, Assam the son of Major General Edward Lacon Ommanney. He was the nephew of Erasmus Ommanney. He was educated at Bedford Grammar School, Civil Engineering College, Putney, Owens College, Manchester. He arrived in India in 1852 and was posted to the Opium Department. In 1855 he joined the Bengal Army and commissioned into the 59th Bengal Native Infantry. In 1861 he was transferred to the Staff Corps, rising to the rank of colonel in 1885.
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Who was Edward Ommanney?
British military officer (1834-1914)
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Edward Ommanney was born on 24 August 1834 in Cherrapunji.
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Edward Ommanney died on 3 April 1914 in Woolwich.
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Edward Ommanney was a military personnel.
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Edward Ommanney was British.
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