Field Marshal Sir Richard James Dacres, GCB

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Sir Richard James Dacres

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Death: 1886 (86-87)
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Son of Sir Richard Dacres and Lady Martha Philips Dacres
Brother of Mary Milligan Olivier; Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres GCB and George William Dacres

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About Field Marshal Sir Richard James Dacres, GCB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dacres_(British_Army_officer)

Field Marshal Sir Richard James Dacres, GCB (1799 – 6 December 1886) was a British Army officer during the nineteenth century. Born into a substantial naval dynasty, he would achieve similar status in the military, commanding three troops of Royal Horse Artillery at the Battles of Alma in September 1854, Balaclava in October 1854 and Inkerman in November 1854, and throughout the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War and eventually rising to the rank of field marshal.

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