| Sir Henry Warre | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1819 |
| Died | April 3, 1898 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1837-1881 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | Bombay Army |
| Battles/wars |
Crimean War Second Taranaki War Second Anglo-Afghan War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry James Warre KCB (1819 - 3 April 1898) was a British Army officer.
Military career[]
Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Warre was commissioned into the 54th Regiment of Foot in 1837.[1] He became aide-de-camp to Sir Richard Downes Jackson, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in British North America in 1839.[1] In 1845 he was sent on a military reconnaissance mission to Oregon to prepare for the situation where the Anglo-American territorial dispute over that territory degenerated into war.[1] He commanded the 57th Regiment of Foot in the Crimean War in 1855[1] and then led his regiment in the Second Taranaki War in New Zealand in Spring 1865 seizing Māori land on the north Taranaki coast and establishing posts from Pukearuhe, 50 km north of New Plymouth, to Opunake, 80 km south of the town.[2]
He became Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army in 1878 and served in that role during the Second Anglo-Afghan War[3] until he retired in 1881.[4]
References[]
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