COMMANDER // 1766–1814
Robert Gillespie
Lieutenant ColonelUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1766 – 1814
Active service 1814 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 48.
Profile
Major-General Sir Hugh Robert Rollo Gillespie was an officer in the British Army. The Army's historian Sir John Fortescue called him "The bravest man ever to wear a red coat".
Battles (1)
1814
Battle of NalapaniAnglo-Nepalese War · East India Company