About William Sankey
Lived 1822 – 1892 (aged 69–70). William Sankey was a military leader.
General William Sankey (died 16 November 1892) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).
Military career Sankey was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army in 1844. He saw action as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General and then as Assistant Quartermaster General at the Battle of Alma in September 1854, the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 and the Siege of Sevastopol in Winter 1854 during the Crimean War. Made a General in 1881, he served as colonel of the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (1890–92).
He died in Biarritz in 1892, aged 70.
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William Sankey died on 16 November 1892 in Biarritz.
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