Frederick Horn

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Sir Frederick Horn
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General Sir Frederick Horn
Born21 June 1805
Mansfield
Died1894
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1826–1880
RankGeneral
Commands held4th Division
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Frederick Horn GCB (21 June 1805 – 1894) was a senior British Army officer who briefly commanded the 4th Division at the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War.

Military career[]

Horn was commissioned as an ensign in the 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot on 26 January 1826.[1] He served in India from May 1826 until May 1831 and again from May 1834 to January 1837.[2] He was deployed to Ireland in early 1841 and to Bermuda in November 1841: he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and given command of the reserve battalion of his regiment in April 1846.[2] He was deployed to Canada and succeeded to the command of the 1st Battalion of his regiment in June 1849.[2]

After landing in the Crimea, Horn commanded the right brigade of the 4th Division at the Battle of the Alma in September 1854 and then commanded the 1st Battalion of his regiment at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 and at the Battle of Inkerman in November 1854.[2] After his superior officers had been wounded or killed at Inkerman he was briefly acting General Officer Commanding the 4th Division and, in that capacity, he withdrew the division from action.[3] He was present at the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854 and was given command of a brigade in the Highland Division in the Crimea in June 1855.[2] He went on to command a brigade in Malta from October 1856 to November 1861.[2]

Horn was promoted to major-general on 13 October 1860, to lieutenant-general on 18 January 1870 and to full general on 2 June 1877.[2] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 5 July 1855, advanced to Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath on 2 June 1869 and advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 25 May 1889.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 18217". The London Gazette. 4 February 1826. p. 242.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Smyth, Benjamin (1889). History of the XX Regiment 1688-1888. Simpkin, Marshall and Company.
  3. ^ McGuigan, Ron (2001). 'Into Battle!' British Orders of Battle for the Crimean War, 1854–56. Bowdon, Cheshire: Withycut House. pp. 26, 29. ISBN 978-1-89924-402-7.
  4. ^ "No. 25939". The London Gazette. 25 May 1889. p. 2873.
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of the 20th (the East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
1876–1894 		Succeeded by
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