About Thomas Leigh Goldie
Lived 1807 – 1854 (aged 46–47). Thomas Leigh Goldie was a British soldier and army officer.
Brigadier-General Thomas Leigh-Goldie (1807 – 5 November 1854) was a senior British Army officer who was killed in action while in command of the 4th Division during the Crimean War.
Military career Born the son of General Alexander John Goldie and Isabella Taubman, Leigh-Goldie was commissioned as an ensign in the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot in June 1825. He was deployed to Canada in 1827 and saw action during the rebellions of 1837–1838.
Promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he became commanding officer of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot in around 1840. thumb The tombs of the generals on Cathcart's HillHe was buried in the Crimea and a memorial, consisting of a Russian gun on a stone plinth, was erected at St Mary's Church in Douglas, Isle of Man, near his home in Braddan, Isle of Man.
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British military officer
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Thomas Leigh Goldie was born in 1807 in Douglas.
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Thomas Leigh Goldie died on 5 November 1854 in Inkerman.
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Thomas Leigh Goldie was a soldier and army officer.
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