Robert Carey (British Army Officer)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Carey (1821-1883) was a Major-General in the British Army, and served as Colonel in the New Zealand Wars. Robert Carey was born to Octavius Carey and Harriot Hirzel Carey (née Le Marchant) of Castel, Guernsey on 12 December 1821. He was educated there at Elizabeth College from 1833-1834. In 1839 he was gazetted as an Ensign in the 40th regiment. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1841, and from 1841-1842 served in the Afghan war with Sir William Nott's force, taking part in the actions of Bolan Pass, Khojak Pass, Quetta, Ghuznee, and Kandahar.…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Carey (1821-1883) was a Major-General in the British Army, and served as Colonel in the New Zealand Wars. Robert Carey was born to Octavius Carey and Harriot Hirzel Carey (née Le Marchant) of Castel, Guernsey on 12 December 1821. He was educated there at Elizabeth College from 1833-1834. In 1839 he was gazetted as an Ensign in the 40th regiment. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1841, and from 1841-1842 served in the Afghan war with Sir William Nott's force, taking part in the actions of Bolan Pass, Khojak Pass, Quetta, Ghuznee, and Kandahar. He participated in the relief of Killar Shilgie, the occupation of Kabul, and in further actions at Khoord, Kabul, Tyeen, Jugdullah and Khyber Pass (The Punjab and First Sikh War). He was awarded clasps for Kandahar, Ghuznee and Kabul, and received the 1842 Afghan medal. Carey was promoted to Captain in 1847, and in 1854 served in the Crimean War as the Acting Quartermaster-General with the Turkish Contingent, and then commanding a Brigade (Brevet of Major). He was awarded the 4th class Medjidie and the Turkish medal.