Edmund Gilling Hallewell (British Army officer)

Edmund Gilling Watts Hallewell
BornApril 1822
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Died1869
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankColonel
Battles / warsCrimean War

Colonel Edmund Gilling Watts Hallewell (April 1822 – 1869) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Early life

Hallewell was born the son of Edmund Gilling Hallewell. He married Sophia, the daughter of General Sir William Reid.[1]

Military career

Lieutenant General Sir George Brown G.C.B. & officers of his staff, including Major Hallewell, Sebastopol, Crimean 1855

Educated at Rugby School,[2] Hallewell was commissioned as an ensign in the 28th Regiment of Foot on 31 December 1839.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant in April 1842 and to captain in December 1848.[3] He became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General to the Light Division and fought at the Battle of Alma in September 1854, the Battle of Inkermann in November 1854 and at the siege of Sebastopol in Winter 1854 during the Crimean War.[3] He was awarded the French Legion of Honour (Chevalier), the Ottoman Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class and the Sardinian Silver Medal of Military Valor.[3] He was promoted to brevet major in December 1854, to lieutenant-Colonel in November 1855 and to colonel in November 1860.[3] He went on to be Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in March 1864.[4]

References

  1. ^ Walford, Edward (1882). The county families of the United Kingdom. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9785871943618. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ "School Register". Rugby School. 1836. p. 193. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Edmund Gilling Hallewell". DNW. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ^ "No. 22829". The London Gazette. 8 March 1864. p. 1430.