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COMMANDER // 1761–1809

John Moore

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Lifespan

1761 – 1809

1770178017901800War of the Second Coalition · 1798-1802Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815Peninsular War · 1808-1814Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland — August 27, 1799 · Great Britain · War of the Second CoalitionPeninsular War — May 2, 1808 · Spain · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Corunna — January 16, 1809 · United Kingdom · Peninsular War

Active service 1799–1809 — 3 battles across 3 wars; first command at age 38.

Profile

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore was a British Army officer and Whig politician who represented Lanark Burghs in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1784 to 1790. He is known for his military training reforms and for his death at the Battle of Corunna, in which he fought a French army under Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult during the Peninsular War.

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Battles (3)

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