About John Neptune Sargent
Lived 1826 – 1893 (aged 67). John Neptune Sargent was a British military personnel.
Lieutenant-General John Neptune Sargent CB (18 June 1826 – 20 October 1893) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.
Military career Sargent was commissioned into the 95th Regiment of Foot in 1844. In 1847, he went to Canton to protect the local factories from violence. He was appointed adjutant of his regiment in 1851. He fought in the Crimean War at the Battle of Alma and was wounded; He also took part in the Second Opium War in 1860, leading a detachment during the storming of the north Taku Forts. and retired in 1890.
He was also colonel of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from 1891 to his death in 1893.
He lived at Mount Mascal near Bexley in London.
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British Army general
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John Neptune Sargent was born on 18 June 1826.
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John Neptune Sargent died on 20 October 1893 in Bexley.
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John Neptune Sargent was a military personnel.
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