Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Augustus Whitmore KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (8 July 1819 - 14 December 1890) was a senior British Army

British Army

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 officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

Military career

Born in Malta

Malta

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, Whitmore was commissioned into the 30th Regiment of Foot

30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot

The 30th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1702 and amalgamated into The East Lancashire Regiment in 1881.-Predecessor regiment:...

 in 1841. He went on to be Adjutant

Adjutant

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 of his Regiment in 1846.

He served in the Crimean War

Crimean War

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 and was decorated with the Order of the Medjidie (5th Class).

By 1861 he was Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland

Commander-in-Chief, Ireland

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. In 1876 he was made Inspector-General of Recruiting at Army Headquarters.

Appointed Military Secretary in 1880, Whitmore was accused of failing to advance "only the most thorough efficient men". He retired in 1885.

In retirement he became Colonel

Colonel

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 of the East Lancashire Regiment

East Lancashire Regiment

The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, an infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of two 30th and 59th Regiments of Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire...

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He died in 1890.