Sir Edward Chapman | |
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Born | Calcutta, India | 14 November 1840
Died | 12 May 1926 Limpsfield, Surrey | (aged 85)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British India United Kingdom |
Years of service | 1858–1906 |
Rank | General |
Unit | Bengal Artillery Royal Artillery |
Commands | Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery Scottish District |
Battles / wars | British Expedition to Abyssinia Second Anglo-Afghan War Third Anglo-Burmese War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Dispatches |
Other work | Geographer |
General Sir Edward Francis Chapman KCB FRGS (14 November 1840 – 12 May 1926) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the Army in Scotland and was the ceremonial head of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.[1]